Strong's Lexicon

H270

H270 — אָחַז

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewachazverbOccurrences: 68TWOT: 64

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H270
Word:אָחַז
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:68
Transliteration:achaz
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-khaz'
Meaning:1. to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV Renderings:+ be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

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אָחַז68 verb grasp, take hold, take possession (Arabic [untranscribed source text 145], Sabean אחֿדֿ SabDenkm39, Aramaic אֲחַד, [untranscribed source text 146] Assyrian a—azu , Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 147]) —

Qal Perfect אָחַז Exod 15:14 +; אָֽחֲזָה Job 23:11; Isa 33:14 suffix אֲחָזַנִי 2Sam 1:9 1 singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Song 3:4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2Sam 6:6 3 feminine singular תּאֹחֵז Deut 32:41 וַתּאֹחֶז Ruth 3:15 וַתֹּחֶז 2Sam 20:9 וָאֹחֵז Judg 20:6 יאֹחֵזוּן Isa 13:8 suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ Exod 15:15 יאֹחֱזוּךְ Jer 13:21, etc.; — as ׳ פ guttural וַיֶּאֱחֹז Judg 16:3; 1Kgs 6:10 2 masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Eccl 7:18 Infinitive אֲחֹז 1Kgs 6:6 אֱחֹז 1Chr 13:9 + 3 t.; Imperative אֱחֹז Exod 4:4; 2Sam 2:21, אֶחֳזִיֿ Ruth 3:15 אֶחֱזוּ Song 2:15 אֱחֹ֑זוּ Neh 7:3 Participle active אֹחֵז 2Chr 25:5 passive אָחוּז Esth 1:6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by בְּ Gen 25:26; Exod 4:4 (both J ) Judg 16:3 ; Judg 20:6 ( = וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ Judg 19:29) 2Sam 4:10; 2Sam 6:6; 2Sam 20:9; 1Kgs 1:51; Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ Job 8:17 Hoffm reads יֹחֲזָה = ׳ יאֹ); also Song 7:9 of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath Job 16:12 taking hold graciously Ps 73:23 taking hold of judgment Deut 32:41 subject man בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי Job 23:11 (|| דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי compare also Job 17:9); of taking hold of folly Eccl 2:3 compare Eccl 7:18 subject הַשַּׁחַר Job 38:13, לֶאֱחֹו בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative Judg 1:6; Judg 12:6; Judg 16:21; 2Sam 2:21; Isa 5:29; Song 2:15; Song 3:4; 1Chr 13:9; 2Chr 25:5; Ps 56:1; Ps 137:9 compare 1Kgs 6:10 (compare 1Kgs 6:6 above), subject הַיָּצוּעַ , אֶתֿ ׳ וַיֶּא הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18:9 figurative, subject God Ps 77:5 God's hand Ps 139:10 subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. Exod 15:14; Exod 15:15; 2Sam 1:9; Job 21:6; Job 30:16; Ps 48:7; Ps 119:53; Isa 21:3; Isa 33:14; Jer 13:21; Jer 49:24 subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isa 13:8 object דֶּרֶךְ take one's way Job 17:9 יאֹחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֺ AV RV hold on his way (compare Job 23:11 above, & Assyrian ƒabâtu ur—u , e. g. V. R:1, 74); — absolute Neh 7:3 of barring gates; passive participle caught Eccl 9:12 fastened, held Esth 1:6 taken (by lot) 1Chr 24:6 (3 t. in verse) (on text see Öttli ); taken out of a number Num 31:30; Num 31:47 participle active of same form אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Song 3:8 compare Thes BaNB 175 & Ethiopic Participle.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד, e.g. ᵑ7 Amos 2:5 [untranscribed source text 148] e.g. ᵑ6 Judg 8:10; 1Chr 5:18 & Ezek 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co).
Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נאֹחֲזוּ Josh 22:9 ׳ וְנאֹ (consecutive) Num 32:30 Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ Gen 47:27 Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ Gen 34:10; Josh 22:19 Participle נֶאֱחָז Gen 22:13 נֶאֱחָזִים Eccl 9:12 — be caught Gen 22:13; Eccl 9:12 elsewhere have possessions Gen 34:10; Gen 47:27; Num 32:30; Josh 22:9; Josh 22:19 ( P ).
Pi`el Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian DlW, p. 294, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 149], shut).
Hoph`al Participle plural מָאֳחָזִים 2Chr 9:18 fastened to followed by לְ.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אחז (ah-ghaz’)

Exodus 15:14

KJV: The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
EHCC: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants

2 Samuel 1:9

KJV: He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.anguish…: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc
EHCC: for anguish is come upon mc, (marg. my

Job 16:12

KJV: I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
EHCC: he hath also taken (me) by my neck,

Job 18:20

KJV: They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.went…: or, lived with himwere…: Heb. laid hold on horror
EHCC: they that went before were affrighted.

Job 21:6

KJV: Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
EHCC: and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Job 23:11

KJV: My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
EHCC: My foot hath held his steps,

Psalms 48:6

KJV: Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
EHCC: (7). Feat took hold upon them there,

Psalms 73:23

KJV: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
EHCC: thou hast holden (me) by my right hand.

Psalms 119:83

KJV: For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
EHCC: Horror Aath taken hold upon me

Song of Songs 3:4

KJV: It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
EHCC: [held him, and would not let him go,

Song of Songs 33:14

EHCC: fulness Aath surprised the hypocrites.

Jeremiah 49:24

KJV: Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
EHCC: anguish and sorrows have taken her,

1 Kings 6:6

KJV: The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements
EHCC: should not be, fastened, in the walls

Job 33:13

KJV: Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.he giveth…: Heb. he answereth not
EHCC: That it might take huld of the ends of the

Exodus 4:4

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
EHCC: and take it by the tail.

Nehemiah 7:3

KJV: And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
EHCC: let them shut the doors, and bar (thein):

Song of Songs 2:15

KJV: Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
EHCC: Take us the foxes, the little foxes,

Exodus 15:15

KJV: Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
EHCC: trembling shall take hold upon them ;

Deuteronomy 32:41

KJV: If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
EHCC: and mine hand take hold on judgment ;

Deuteronomy 12:6

KJV: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
EHCC: they took him, and slew him

Deuteronomy 16:3

KJV: Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
EHCC: and took the doors of the gate

Deuteronomy 20:6

KJV: And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.eaten…: Heb. made it common
EHCC: 4nd I took my concubine,

Deuteronomy 6:6

KJV: And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
EHCC: and took hold of it ; for the oxen

Deuteronomy 30:9

KJV: And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
EHCC: And Joab took Amasa by the beard

Deuteronomy 400:17

EHCC: 9. The righteous also shall hold om his way,

Deuteronomy 18:9

KJV: When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
EHCC: The gin shall take (him) by the heel,

Deuteronomy 30:16

KJV: In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
EHCC: days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Psalms 137:9

KJV: Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.the stones: Heb. the rock
EHCC: Happy (shall he be), thut taketh and

Psalms 139:10

KJV: Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
EHCC: aad thy right hand shall hold me.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

KJV: It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
EHCC: (It is) good that thou shouldest take hold of

Ecclesiastes 18:8

EHCC: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them ;

Genesis 95:26

EHCC: his hand took hold on Esau’s heel ;

Numbers 31:30

KJV: And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.flocks: or, goats
EHCC: thou shalt take one portion of fifty,

Esther 1:6

KJV: Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.blue, hangings: or, violet, etcof red…: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour
EHCC: fastened with cords of fine linen

Song of Songs 3:8

KJV: They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
EHCC: They all Aold swords, (being) expert in

Genesis 34:10

KJV: And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
EHCC: end get you possessions therein,

Joshua 22:19

KJV: Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.
EHCC: and take possession among us:

Genesis 22:13

KJV: And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
EHCC: 2 ram caught in a thicket by his horns:

Genesis 406:38

EHCC: 9. He holdeth back the face of his throne,

Genesis 202:9

EHCC: 18.(which were) fastened to the throne,

Genesis 23:4

KJV: I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
EHCC: ¢ possession ofa baryingplace

Genesis 23:9

KJV: That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.as much…: Heb. full money
EHCC: 20. for ₪ possession of a vuryii lace

Genesis 36:43

KJV: Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.the Edomites: Heb. Edom
EHCC: in land of ped tie

Genesis 47:11

KJV: And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
EHCC: them a possession in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 48:4

KJV: And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
EHCC: (for) מס everlasting possession.

Genesis 49:30

KJV: In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
EHCC: & 50:13. Sor a possession of a buryingp.

Leviticus 14:34

KJV: When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
EHCC: which 1 give to you for a possession,

Leviticus 25:10

KJV: And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
EHCC: return every man unto his possession,

Leviticus 27:16

KJV: And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.an…: or, the land of an homer, etc
EHCC: unto the Lord (some part) of a 8618 of his

Numbers 27:4

KJV: Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.done…: Heb. diminished
EHCC: Give unto us (therefore) a possession

Numbers 32:5

KJV: Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
EHCC: be given unto thy servants for a possession,

Numbers 35:2

KJV: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
EHCC: the inheritance of their possession

Deuteronomy 32:49

KJV: Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
EHCC: unto the children of Israel for a possession:

Joshua 21:12

KJV: But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
EHCC: Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his pos- -

Joshua 9:2

KJV: That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.accord: Heb. mouth
EHCC: that (dwelt) in their posseasions

2 Chronicles 11:14

KJV: For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord:
EHCC: Levites left their suburbs and their pus-

Psalms 2:8

KJV: Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
EHCC: and the uttermost parts of the earth (for)

Ezekiel 44:28

KJV: And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
EHCC: and ye shall give them no possession in

Ezekiel 45:5

KJV: And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
EHCC: for a possession. De twenty chambers.

Ezekiel 46:16

KJV: Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance.
EHCC: it (shall be) their possession by inheritance.

Ezekiel 48:20

KJV: All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
EHCC: with ‘he possession of the city.
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