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seize

Meaning of “seize”

To take hold or possession of forcibly or suddenly.

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4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 8:7

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Every verse containing “seize”

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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 8:7 · retained source text

Then yee shall rise vp from the ambush, and seise vpon the citie: for the LORD your God will deliuer it into your hand.

Job 3:6
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:6 · retained source text

As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths.

1611 marginal noteOr, let it not reioyce among the dayes.

Psalms 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 55:15 · retained source text

Let death seaze vpon them, and let them goe downe quicke into hell: for wickednes is in their dwellings, and among them.

1611 marginal noteOr, the graue.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 21:38 · retained source text

But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they said among themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and let vs sease on his inheritance.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.3. iohn. 11.53.

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