'Grabbing' in the Bible

Then he lay down and went to sleep under the juniper tree. All of a sudden, there was an angel, who kept grabbing him and telling him, "Get up! Eat!"

"He tore me apart when I was at ease; grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces then he really made me his target.

Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.