Definition

to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))

Etymology

probably another form of G971 (βιάζω);

Where the KJV renders it

• apprehend
• catch
• lay hand on
• take

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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