6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Seize' in the Bible

Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of WarRules About BootyFamily Conflict

"If you besiege a town [for] many days to make war against it [in order to] seize it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them, for you may eat from them, and [so] you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field humans that they should come in siege {against you}?

Verse ConceptsRespect, For EnvironmentEcological ConcernsFortsTreesFelling TreesSharp ToolsHarming Trees

then his parents are to seize him and bring him before the elders at the gate of his city.

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To Gates

The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.

Verse ConceptsWhippingJudicial Punishment

"When you loan something to your neighbor, don't enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral.

Verse Conceptslent

When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts,

Verse ConceptsGraspingMale GenitalsFighting One AnotherStrugglesmanhood

Bible Theasaurus

Appropriate (93 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Attach (19 instances)
Capture (76 instances)
Clutch (1 instance)
Confiscate (13 instances)
Conquer (50 instances)
Usurp (2 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
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נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 16

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