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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 - And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:43 - Magdiel, and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply your descendants. I will make you a multitude of nations. And I will give this land of Canaan to your descendants[fn] after you as an everlasting possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 - “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:13 - In the Year of Jubilee each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24 - “With every purchase of land you must grant the seller the right to buy it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:27 - he then has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it. The price of the land will be discounted according to the number of years until the next Year of Jubilee. In this way the original owner can then return to the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - “The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And any property that is sold by the Levites—all houses within the Levitical towns—must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:41 - At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45 - You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:21 - When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart[fn] for the LORD. It will become the property of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:24 - In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan just because he had no sons? Give us property along with the rest of our relatives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father’s relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - then you may return when the LORD has conquered the land. You will have fulfilled your duty to the LORD and to the rest of the people of Israel. And the land on the east side of the Jordan will be your property from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the LORD. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the LORD, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more towns to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer. Each tribe will give property in proportion to the size of its land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river,[fn] and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - The total number of towns and pasturelands within Israelite territory given to the Levites came to forty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the rest of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. They started the journey back to their own land of Gilead, the territory that belonged to them according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD’s land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 - The first of the exiles to return to their property in their former towns were priests, Levites, Temple servants, and other Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - Here is a list of the names of the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. (Most of the people, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants continued to live in their own homes in the various towns of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
the whole earth as your possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:28 - “The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.[fn]

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