Joshua 8:7
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
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Seize
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Matthew 21:38
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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κατέχω
katéchō · kat-ekh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:38Strong's last: Matthew 21:38
Open full G2722 profile →יָרַשׁ
yârash · yaw-rash'
1 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
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Strong's first: Joshua 8:7Strong's last: Joshua 8:7
Open full H3423 profile →לָקַח
lâqach · law-kakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form968 total Strong's occurrences
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
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Strong's first: Job 3:6Strong's last: Job 3:6
Open full H3947 profile →נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · naw-shaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Strong's KJV usage: beguile, deceive, × greatly, × utterly.
Strong's first: Psalms 55:15Strong's last: Psalms 55:15
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H3423
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
H3947
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
H5377
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
G2722
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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seize
SEIZE, verb transitive
1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp suddenly. The tiger rushes from the thicket and seizes his prey. A dog seizes an animal by the throat. The hawk seizes a chicken with his claws. The officer seizes a theif.
2. To take possession by force, with or without right.
At last they seize The scepter, and regard not David's son. Milton.
3. To invade suddenly; to take hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient
And hope and doubt alternate seize her soul. Pope.
4. To take possession by virtue of a warrant or legal authority. The sherif seized the debtor's goods; the whole estate was seized and cofiscated. We say, to arrest a person, to seize goods.
5. To fasten; to fix. In seaman's language, to fasten two ropes or different parts oof one rope together with a cord.
To be seized of, to have possession; as a griffin seized of his prey. A B was seized and possessed of the manor of Dale.
To seize on or upon, is to fall on and grasp; to take hold on; to take possession.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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