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STRONGS NUMBER H270
Transliteration: achaz
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khaz')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Meaning: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Word Summary
achaz: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Original Word: אָחַזTransliteration: achaz
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khaz')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Meaning: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Strong's Concordance
be affrighted, bar, catch, lay, take hold back, come upon, fasten, handle, 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H270. achaz
אָחַז68 verb grasp, take hold, take posses-sion (Arabic , Sabean אחֿדֿ SabDenkm39, Aramaic אֲחַד, Assyrian a—azu, Ethiopic ) —
Qal Perfect אָחַז Exodus 15:14 +; אָֽחֲזָה Job 23:11; Isaiah 33:14; suffix אֲחָזַנִי 2 Samuel 1:9; 1singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Song of Solomon 3:4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2 Samuel 6:6; 3feminine 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; 2masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Ecclesiastes 7:18; Infinitive אֲחֹז 1 Kings 6:6; אֱחֹז 1 Chronicles 13:9 3t.; Imperative אֱחֹז Exodus 4:4; 2 Samuel 2:21, אֶחֳזִיֿ Ruth 3:15; אֶחֱזוּ Song of Solomon 2:15; אֱחֹ֑זוּ Nehemiah 7:3; Participle active אֹחֵז2 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; 20:6 ( = בְּ וַיַּחֲזֵק 19:29) 2 Samuel 4:10; 6:6; 20:9; 1 Kings 1:51; Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ אֲבָנִים בֵּית 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 16:12; taking hold graciously Psalm 73:23; taking hold of judgment Deuteronomy 32:41; subject man רַגְלִי אָֽחֲזָה בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ Job 23:11 ("" שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכּוֺ compare also 17:9); of taking hold of folly Ecclesiastes 2:3; compare 7:18; subject הַשַּׁחַר Job 38:13, הָאָ֑רֶץ בְּכַנְפוֺת לֶאֱחֹו; also followed by accusative Judges 1:6; 12:6; 16:21; 2 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 5:29; Song of Solomon 2:15; 3:4; 1 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Chronicles 25:5; Psalm 56:1; 137:9; compare 1 Kings 6:10 (compare 6:6 above), subject אֲרָזִים בַּעֲצֵי הַבַּיִת ׳וַיֶּא אֶתֿ הַיָּצוּעַ,; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18:9; figurative, subject God Psalm 77:5; God's hand 139:10; subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. Exodus 15:14-15, 2 Samuel 1:9; Job 21:6; 30:16; Psalm 48:7; 119:53; Isaiah 21:3; 33:14; Jeremiah 13:21; 49:24; subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isaiah 13:8; object דֶּרֶךְ take one's way Job 17:9 דַּרְכּוֺ צַדִּיק יאֹחֵז AV RV hold on his way (compare 23:11 above, & Assyrian ƒabâtu ur—u, 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 t. in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number Numbers 31:30, 47; participle active of same form חֶרֶב אֲחֻזֵי Song of Solomon 3:8 compare Thes BaNB 175 & Ethiopic Participle.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד, e.g. ᵑ7 Amos 2:5; e.g. ᵑ6 Judges 8:10; 1 Chronicles 5:18; & Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co).
Niph`al Perfect3plural נאֹחֲזוּ Joshua 22:9; ׳וְנאֹ (consecutive) Numbers 32:30; Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ Genesis 47:27; Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ 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; 47:27; Numbers 32:30; Joshua 22:9, 19 (P).
Pi`el Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian DlW, p. 294, compare Arabic , shut).
Hoph`al Participle plural מָאֳחָזִים2 Chronicles 9:18 fastened to followed by לְ.