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Lexicon :: Strong's H270 - 'āḥaz

Aa
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 2 / 2 (Ecc 7:18–Eze 41:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good H2896 that H834 thou shouldest take hold H270 of this; H2088 yea, also H1571 from this H2088 withdraw H3240 not H408 thine hand: H3027 for H3588 he that feareth H3373 God H430 shall come forth H3318 of them all. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For H3588 man H120 also H1571 knoweth H3045 not H3808 his time: H6256 as the fishes H1709 that are taken H270 in an H4685➔ evil H7451 net, ➔H4685 and as the birds H6833 that are caught H270 in the snare; H6341 so H1992 are the sons H1121 of men H120 snared H3369 in an H6256➔ evil H7451 time, ➔H6256 when it falleth H5307 suddenly H6597 upon them. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - Take H270 us the foxes, H7776 the H7776➔ little H6996 foxes, ➔H7776 that spoil H2254 the vines: H3754 for our vines H3754 have tender grapes. H5563

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - It was but a little H4592 that I passed H5674 from them, H1992 but H5704 I found H4672 him whom H157➔ my soul H5315 loveth: ➔H157 I held him, H270 and H3808➔ would H7503➔ not ➔H3808 let him go, ➔H7503 until H5704 I had brought him H935 into H413 my mother's H517 house, H1004 and into H413 the chamber H2315 of her that conceived me. H2029

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - They all H3605 hold H270 swords, H2719 being expert H3925 in war: H4421 every man H376 hath his sword H2719 upon H5921 his thigh H3409 because of fear H6343 in the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:8 - I said, H559 I will go up H5927 to the palm tree, H8558 I will take hold H270 of the boughs thereof: H5577 now H4994 also H1961➔ thy breasts H7699 shall be ➔H1961 as clusters H811 of the vine, H1612 and the smell H7381 of thy nose H639 like apples; H8598

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Their roaring H7581 shall be like a lion, H3833 they shall roar H7580 like young lions: H3715 yea, they shall roar, H5098 and lay hold H270 of the prey, H2964 and shall carry H6403➔ it away safe, ➔H6403 and none H369 shall deliver H5337 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - And they shall be afraid: H926 pangs H6735 and sorrows H2256 shall take hold of them; H270 they shall be in pain H2342 as a woman that travaileth: H3205 they shall be amazed H8539 one H376 at H413 another; H7453 their H6440 faces H6440 shall be as flames. H3851

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore H5921 H3651 are H4390➔ my loins H4975 filled ➔H4390 with pain: H2479 pangs H6735 have taken hold upon me, H270 as the pangs H6735 of a woman that travaileth: H3205 I was bowed down H5753 at the hearing H8085 of it; I was dismayed H926 at the seeing H7200 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - The sinners H2400 in Zion H6726 are afraid; H6342 fearfulness H7461 hath surprised H270 the hypocrites. H2611 Who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with the H784➔ devouring H398 fire? ➔H784 who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with H4168➔ everlasting H5769 burnings? ➔H4168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - What H4100 wilt thou say H559 when H3588 he shall punish H6485 thee? H5921 for thou H859 hast taught H3925 them H853 to be captains, H441 and as chief H7218 over thee: H5921 shall H270➔ not H3808 sorrows H2256 take thee, ➔ H270 as H3644 a woman H802 in travail? H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Damascus H1834 is waxed feeble, H7503 and turneth herself H6437 to flee, H5127 and fear H7374 hath seized on H2388 her: anguish H6869 and sorrows H2256 have taken her, H270 as a woman in travail. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - And the side chambers H6763 were three, H7969 one over another, H6763 H413 H6763 and thirty H7970 in order; H6471 and they entered H935 into the wall H7023 which H834 was of the house H1004 for the side chambers H6763 round about, H5439 H5439 that they might have H1961 hold, H270 but H3808➔ they had H1961 not ➔H3808 hold H270 in the wall H7023 of the house. H1004

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