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Lexicon :: Strong's H272 - 'ăḥuzzâ

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אֲחֻזָּה
Transliteration
'ăḥuzzâ
Pronunciation
akh-ooz-zaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From passive participle from אָחַז (H270)
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TWOT Reference: 64a

Strong’s Definitions

אֲחֻזָּה ʼăchuzzâh, akh-ooz-zaw'; feminine passive participle from H270; something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land):—possession.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H272 in the following manner: possession(s) (66x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H272 in the following manner: possession(s) (66x).

  1. possession, property

    1. land

    2. possession by inheritance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחֻזָּה ʼăchuzzâh, akh-ooz-zaw'; feminine passive participle from H270; something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land):—possession.
STRONGS H272: Abbreviations
† אֲחֻזָּה 66 noun feminine possession — א׳ Genesis 47:11 + 11 times; construct אֲחֻזַּת Genesis 17:8 + 21 times; suffix אֲחֻזָּֽֽֽתְךָ Psalm 2:8; — possession, P & late; of landed property Genesis 47:11; Leviticus 14:34; Leviticus 25:10, 13, 25, 27, 28, 33 (houses); Leviticus 25:41; Leviticus 25:45; Leviticus 21:46; Numbers 27:4; Numbers 32:5, 22, 29; Numbers 35:8; Deuteronomy 32:49; Joshua 21:12, 39; Ezekiel 44:28; Ezekiel 45:5, 6, 7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:8; Ezekiel 46:18 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 48:20, 21, 22 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 7:28; 1 Chronicles 9:2; 2 Chronicles 11:14; 31:1; Nehemiah 11:3; with אֶרֶץ, אֲחֻזָּה א׳ = land possessed, one's own land Genesis 36:43; Leviticus 14:34; Leviticus 25:24; Numbers 35:28; Joshua 22:4, 9, 19 (twice in verse), compare אֲחֻזַּת הָאָרֶץ Leviticus 27:24; with שָׂדֶה, אֲחֻזָּה שׂ׳ Leviticus 27:16, 22, 28, compare Leviticus 27:21; with עִיר, אֲתֻּזָּה ע׳ Leviticus 25:32, 33; אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָה = possession by right of inheritance Numbers 27:7; Numbers 32:32, & נַחֲלַת א׳ Numbers 35:2 compare בְּנַחֲלָה א׳ Ezekiel 46:16 (but Co as Numbers 27:7 so B); אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר Genesis 23:4, 9, 20; Genesis 49:30; Genesis 50:13; עוֺלם א׳ Genesis 17:8; Genesis 48:4; Leviticus 25:34; in promise to Davidic king וַאֲחֻזָּֽֽֽתְךָ אַסְפֵיאָֿרֶץ Psalm 2:8 (|| נַחֲלָה); figurative of י׳ as portion of Levitical priests Ezekiel 44:28 (|| נַחֲלָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:8; 17:8; 23:4; 23:9; 23:20; 36:43; 47:11; 47:11; 48:4; 49:30; 50:13

Leviticus

14:34; 14:34; 25:10; 25:13; 25:24; 25:25; 25:27; 25:28; 25:32; 25:33; 25:33; 25:34; 25:41; 25:45; 27:16; 27:21; 27:22; 27:24; 27:28

Numbers

27:4; 27:7; 27:7; 32:5; 32:22; 32:29; 32:32; 35:2; 35:8; 35:28

Deuteronomy

32:49

Joshua

21:12; 21:39; 22:4; 22:9; 22:19

1 Chronicles

7:28; 9:2

2 Chronicles

11:14; 31:1

Nehemiah

11:3

Psalms

2:8; 2:8

Ezekiel

44:28; 44:28; 45:5; 45:6; 45:7; 45:8; 46:16; 46:18; 48:20; 48:21; 48:22

H272

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H272 matches the Hebrew אֲחֻזָּה ('ăḥuzzâ),
which occurs 66 times in 58 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 17:8–Eze 45:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:8 - And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying-place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave which was in it were made sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:43 - chief Magediel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling-places, in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and said to me, Behold, I will increase thee, and multiply thee, and will make of thee multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee, for an everlasting possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 - Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Chananites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - And ye shall sanctify the year, the fiftieth year, and ye shall proclaim a release upon the land to all that inhabit it; it shall be given a year of release, a jubilee for you; and each one shall depart to his possession, and ye shall go each to his family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:13 - In the year of the release even the jubilee of it, shall each one return to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24 - And in every land of your possession, ye shall allow ransoms for the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - And if thy brother who is with thee be poor, and should have sold part of his possession, and his kinsman who is nigh to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - then shall he calculate the years of his sale, and he shall give what is due to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, shall be always redeemable to the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if any one shall redeem a house of the Levites, then shall their sale of the houses of their possession go out in the release; because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - And the lands set apart for their cities shall not be sold, because this is their perpetual possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:41 - and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45 - And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these ye shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachms of silver for a homer of barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:21 - But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22 - And if he should consecrate to the Lord of a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:24 - And in the year of release the land shall be restored to the man of whom the other bought it, whose the possession of the land was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - And Moses brought their case before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and ye shall subdue the land before you, then ye shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and ye shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the [fn]lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about [fn]them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And as for the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much ye shall give much, and from those that have less ye shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - For [fn]he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the high-priest died; and after the death of the high-priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - Go up to the mount Abarim, this mountain Nabau which is in the land of Moab over against Jericho, and behold the land of Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse, departed from the children of Israel in Selo in the land of Chanaan, to go away into Galaad, into the land of their possession, which they inherited by the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - And now if the land of your possession be too little, cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord dwells, and receive ye an inheritance among us; and do not become apostates from God, neither do ye apostatize from the Lord, because of your having built an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - And their possession and their dwelling were Bæthel and her towns, to the east Noaran, westward Gazer and her towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 - And they that dwelt before in their possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the appointed ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - Now these are the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; every man dwelt in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:28 - And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am their possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attend the house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession.

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