39 occurrences

'Seized' in the Bible

The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingHearing About GodThe Nations Before God

Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksTwo Stone Tablets

And he said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of E'phraim, saying, "Come down against the Mid'ianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of E'phraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan.

they said to him, "Then say Shibboleth," and he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right; then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the E'phraimites.

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpFordsKilling Within Israelbridges

And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.

Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesA Thousand PeopleNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofActing All Night

And I went after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I seized him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

Verse ConceptsMouthsFacial Hair

He said to me again, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me; for anguish has seized me; for my life is yet whole in me.

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

Verse ConceptsCloaksThe Number TwelveThose Who Tore ClothesTwelve Thingsrehabilitation

And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRivers And StreamsKilling ProphetsRiver KishonProphets Of Other GodsBrooks

And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPersecution, Nature OfLast WordsWicked ProphetsKilling Will Happen

Kerijoth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Moab shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsCapturing Cities

Damascus is grown feeble: she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsUnable To Do Other Thingsdamascus

and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Verse ConceptsMarshesFordsFear Of Enemiesbridges

How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Verse ConceptsBabylon DestroyedMade A HorrorCapturing Cities

Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria as a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIdolatry, Objections ToShameTaxationAssyria, Prophecies OfCarrying IdolsGentile RulersShame Of Idolatry

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?

Verse ConceptsChildbirthLabour PainsGroups ShoutingWhy Do You Do This?No King

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

Verse ConceptsFaultsPrisonersRopesTying UpNamed Wives

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

But Jesus said to him, My friend, for what purpose art thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him.

Verse ConceptsArresting ChristFriends FailingMan's Work FinishedFriendship Kjv

Now they that had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Verse ConceptsArrestingOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersRivers

For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersRopesBad Wives ExamplesDispleasureTransferring Wives

And they laid their hands upon him and seized him.

Verse ConceptsArrestingArresting Christ

And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

Verse ConceptsAmazingReverence, And God's NatureAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesTodayFear Of ChristSpecific Praising Of GodAwesurprises

And fear seized on all, and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised up amongst us; and God has visited his people.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtGod VisitingFear Of ChristJesus The ProphetSpecific Praising Of GodAwe

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

Verse ConceptsChainsDemons, Nature OfRestlessnessSatan, Character OfIron ChainsLiving In The WildernessJesus Casting Out DemonsBreaking Chains

I say to you, In that night there shall be two men upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalBedsDuring One NightTwo PeopleTaking Other PeopleThe Rapturecouples

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

Verse ConceptsGrainGrindingGrinding FoodTwo WomenTaking Other People

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be seized and the other let go.

Verse ConceptsTwo PeopleTaking Other PeopleMen Working

And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.

Verse ConceptsGuardsImprisonmentsPassoverPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSoldiersFour GroupsEasterPeople Releasing Othersjail

And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

Verse ConceptsArrestingFalse Witnesses,examples OfHope, Nature OfLove, Abuse OfMarketsMarketplacesPulling People

And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Nature OfTumultDisorder Among People

who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, and would have judged according to our law;

Verse ConceptsTaking The Law To HeartLack Of Holiness

On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDisciples In The Temple

And Paul having gathered a certain quantity of sticks together in a bundle and laid it on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat seized his hand.

Verse ConceptsHeatHot ThingsFirewoodjumping

Bible Theasaurus

Appropriate (93 instances)
Appropriated (10 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Attach (19 instances)
Capture (76 instances)
Clutch (1 instance)
Condemned (64 instances)
Confiscate (13 instances)
Confiscated (24 instances)
Conquer (50 instances)
Seized (179 instances)
Usurp (2 instances)

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נשׁא 
Nasha' 
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