to seize, catch (Doric)
Ancient Greek word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 4.35: τηνεῖ καὶ τὸν ταῦρον ἀπʼ ὤρεος ἆγε πιάξας
New Testament, John 7.30: Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ.
New Testament, Acts 3.7: καὶ πιάσας αὐτὸν τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν· παραχρῆμα δὲ ἐστερεώθησαν αἱ βάσεις αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σφυδρά,