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Lexicon :: Strong's H270 - 'āḥaz

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אָחַז
Transliteration
'āḥaz
Pronunciation
aw-khaz'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 64

Strong’s Definitions

אָחַז ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'; a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):— be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H270 in the following manner: hold (31x), take (16x), possess (5x), caught (3x), fastened (3x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H270 in the following manner: hold (31x), take (16x), possess (5x), caught (3x), fastened (3x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. grasp, take hold, seize, take possession

    1. (Qal) to grasp, take hold of

    2. (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled

    3. (Piel) to enclose, overlay

    4. (Hophal) fastened

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָחַז ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'; a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):— be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
STRONGS H270: Abbreviations
† אָחַז 68 verb grasp, take hold, take possession (Arabic أَخَذَ, Sabean אחֿדֿ Sab. Denkm.39, Aramaic אֲחַד, dfoAe  Assyrian aḫazu, Ethiopic አኀዘ፡) —
Qal Perfect אָחַז Exodus 15:14 +; אָֽחֲזָה Job 23:11; Isaiah 33:14; suffix אֲחָזַנִי 2 Samuel 1:9; 1st person singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Songs 3:4, etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2 Samuel 6:6; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹחֵז Deuteronomy 32:41; וַתּאֹחֶז Ruth 3:15; וַתֹּחֶז 2 Samuel 20:9; וָאֹחֵז Judges 20:6; יאֹחֵזוּן Isaiah 13:8; suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ Exodus 15:15; יאֹחֱזוּךְ Jeremiah 13:21, etc.; — as פ׳ guttural וַיֶּאֱחֹז Judges 16:3; 1 Kings 6:10; 2nd person masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Ecclesiastes 7:18; Infinitive אֲחֹז 1 Kings 6:6; אֱחֹז 1 Chronicles 13:9 + 3 times; Imperative אֱחֹז Exodus 4:4; 2 Samuel 2:21, אֶחֳזִי־ Ruth 3:15; אֶחֱזוּ Songs 2:15; אֱחֹ֑זוּ Nehemiah 7:3; Participle active אֹחֵז 2 Chronicles 25:5; passive אָחוּז Esther 1:6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by בְּ Genesis 25:26; Exodus 4:4 (both J) Judges 16:3; Judges 20:6)＝וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ Judges 19:29) 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 6:6; 2 Samuel 20:9; 1 Kings 1:51; Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ Job 8:17; Hoffm reads יֹחֲזָה ＝יאֹ׳); also Cant 7:9 of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath Job 16:12; taking hold graciously Psalm 73:23; taking hold of judgment Deuteronomy 32:41; subject man בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי Job 23:11 (|| דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי compare also Job 17:9); of taking hold of folly Ecclesiastes 2:3; compare Ecclesiastes 7:18; subject הַשַּׁחַר Job 38:13, לֶאֱחֹו בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative Judges 1:6; Judges 12:6; Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 5:29; Songs 2:15; Songs 3:4; 1 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Psalm 56:1; Psalm 137:9; compare 1 Kings 6:10 (compare 1 Kings 6:6 above), subject הַיָּצוּעַ, אֶת־ וַיֶּא׳ הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18:9; figurative, subject God Psalm 77:5; God's hand Psalm 139:10; subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. Exodus 15:14, 15; 2 Samuel 1:9; Job 21:6; Job 30:16; Psalm 48:7; Psalm 119:53; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 33:14; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 49:24; subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isaiah 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 ṣabâtu urḫu, e. g. V. R:1, 74); — absolute Nehemiah 7:3 of barring gates; passive participle caught Ecclesiastes 9:12; fastened, held Esther 1:6; taken (by lot) 1 Chronicles 24:6 (3 times in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number Numbers 31:30, 47; participle active of same form אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Songs 3:8 compare Thes BaNB 175 & Ethiopic Participle.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד, e.g. Targum Amos 2:5; dycoAf  e.g. Syriac Version Judges 8:10; 1 Chronicles 5:18; & Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נאֹחֲזוּ Joshua 22:9; וְנאֹ׳ (consecutive) Numbers 32:30; Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ Genesis 47:27; Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ Genesis 34:10; Joshua 22:19; Participle נֶאֱחָז Genesis 22:13; נֶאֱחָזִים Ecclesiastes 9:12; — be caught Genesis 22:13; Ecclesiastes 9:12; elsewhere have possessions Genesis 34:10; Genesis 47:27; Numbers 32:30; Joshua 22:9, 19 (P).
Pi. Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian DlW, p. 294, compare Arabic doA, shut).
Hoph. Participle plural מָאֳחָזִים 2 Chronicles 9:18 fastened to followed by לְ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:13; 22:13; 25:26; 34:10; 34:10; 47:27; 47:27

Exodus

4:4; 4:4; 15:14; 15:14; 15:15; 15:15

Numbers

31:30; 31:47; 32:30; 32:30

Deuteronomy

32:41; 32:41

Joshua

22:9; 22:9; 22:19; 22:19

Judges

1:6; 8:10; 12:6; 16:3; 16:3; 16:21; 19:29; 20:6; 20:6

Ruth

3:15; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

1:9; 1:9; 2:21; 2:21; 4:10; 6:6; 6:6; 20:9; 20:9

1 Kings

1:51; 6:6; 6:6; 6:6; 6:10; 6:10

1 Chronicles

5:18; 13:9; 13:9; 24:6

2 Chronicles

9:18; 25:5; 25:5

Nehemiah

7:3; 7:3

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Job

8:17; 16:12; 17:9; 17:9; 17:9; 18:9; 18:20; 21:6; 23:11; 23:11; 23:11; 26:9; 30:16; 38:13

Psalms

48:7; 56:1; 73:23; 77:5; 119:53; 137:9; 139:10

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 7:18; 7:18; 9:12; 9:12; 9:12

Song of Songs

2:15; 2:15; 3:4; 3:4; 3:8; 7:9

Isaiah

5:29; 13:8; 13:8; 21:3; 33:14; 33:14

Jeremiah

13:21; 13:21; 49:24

Ezekiel

41:6

Amos

2:5

H270

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Strong's Number H270 matches the Hebrew אָחַז ('āḥaz),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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