John 7:30:4John.7.30.W4TAB
πιάσαι
piasai
“to seize”
- Transliteration
- pi-A-sai
- Extended
- pi-A-sai
- IPA
- /pi.a.ˈsai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seize
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pi-A-sai
- sentence
e-DZÊ-toon OON au-TON pi-A-sai KAI ou-DEIS e-PE-ba-len ep au-TON TÊN KHEI-ra HO-ti OU-pô e-lê-LY-thei hê HÔ-ra au-TOU
Exegesis
The infinitive piasai {πιάσαι | pi-á-sai} ‘to seize, arrest’ functions as a complementary infinitive expressing the purpose of their seeking.
“Seize” and “arrest” convey the judicial and hostile nuance of piasai {πιάσαι | pi-á-sai}, while “laid a hand” / “put a hand” reproduces the vivid idiom based on epebalen ten kheira {ἐπέβαλεν τὴν χεῖρα | e-pé-ba-len tēn kheî-ra}.
Root and etymology
piazopi–iota–alpha–zeta–omega
“to seize, grasp”
In context — John 7:30
So they were seeking to seize Him , but no one laid a hand upon Him because His hour had not yet come .
About this coordinate
John 7:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 7:30, so the Greek word πιάσαι (piasai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.7.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.30.W4.S1) and character.