Dictionary entry

πιάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πιάζω

(cf. MGr.πιάνω; v. Kennedy, Sources, 155), Doric and late Att. for πιέζω in its later senses; [in LXX: Ca 2:15 (אחז), Si 23:21*;]

1. to lay hold of: Ac 3:7 (Theocr.).

2. to take, capture, apprehend: Jo 7:30, 32, 448:2010:3911:5721:3, 10, Ac 12:4, II Co 11:32, Re 19:20 (v. MM, xx).†