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πιάζω

To arrest/catch

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πιάζω G4084
Pronunciation piázō

What does πιάζω (piázō) mean in the Bible?

πιάζω (piázō) is a Greek word meaning "to arrest/catch". πιάζω (cf.

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Meaning

to arrest/catch
Extended definition

Seizing or arresting someone physically, often with hostile intent or authority to detain.

(cf. MGr. πιάνω; see Kennedy, Sources, 155), Doric and late Att.. for πιέζω in its later senses [in LXX: Sng.2:15 (אָחַז), Sir.23:21 * ;]

1to lay hold of: Act.3:7 (Theocr.).
2to take, capture, apprehend: Jhn.7:30, 32 7:44 8:20 10:39 11:57 21:3, 10 Act.12:4, 2Co.11:32, Rev.19:20 (see MM, xx).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist
Voices
Active Passive
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 4×
Aorist Active John 7:30 · John 7:44 · John 10:39 · 2 Cor 11:32 4×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Aorist Active John 7:32 · John 11:57 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active Acts 3:7 · Acts 12:4 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active John 8:20 · John 21:3 · John 21:10 3×
Aorist Passive Rev 19:20 1×
12 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 12 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 4 subjunctive 2 infinitive 4 participle 2
Tense
aorist 12
Voice
active 11 passive 1
Mood
infinitive 4 indicative 4 participle 2 subjunctive 2
NT Occurrences
John 7:30 πιάσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive John 7:32 πιάσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 7:44 πιάσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive John 8:20 ἐπίασεν aorist active indicative completed John 10:39 πιάσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive John 11:57 πιάσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 21:10 ἐπιάσατε aorist active indicative completed John 21:3 ἐπίασαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 3:7 πιάσας aorist active participle participle Acts 12:4 πιάσας aorist active participle participle 2 Corinthians 11:32 πιάσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 19:20 ἐπιάσθη aorist passive indicative completed

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

πιάζω · οὐδείς G4084, G3762
caught nothing
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 10 — The Good Shepherd, the Door, and the Son One with the Father John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness John 7 — The Feast, the Divided Crowd, and the Living Water of Jesus

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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