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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 68 times in 63 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 22:13–Ecc 2:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[fn] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade[fn] in it, and acquire property in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - Then the LORD said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 - The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people[fn] of Canaan will melt away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:30 - But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:9 - So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the LORD’s land, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:6 - Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd and outrageous act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - He also said, “Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[fn] went back to town.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10 - when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest floor was five cubits[fn] wide, the middle floor six cubits[fn] and the third floor seven.[fn] He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered those twenty years old or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service, able to handle the spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 - Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:6 - When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:11 - My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:9 - He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:16 - “And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:6 - Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - [fn]For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[fn] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:23 - Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:4 - You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 - Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:10 - even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

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