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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 2 / 2 (Ecc 7:18–Eze 41:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good H2896 that you grasp H270 one H2088 thing H2088 and also H1571 not [fn]let H5117 H3027 go H5117 H3027 of the other; H2088 for the one who fears H3372 God H430 comes H3318 forth H3318 with [fn]both H3605 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - Moreover, H3588 H1571 man H120 does not know H3045 his time: H6256 like fish H1709 caught H270 in a treacherous H7451 net H4685 and birds H6833 trapped H270 in a snare, H6341 so the sons H1121 of men H120 are ensnared H3369 at an evil H7451 time H6256 when it suddenly H6597 falls H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - “[fn]Catch H270 the foxes H7776 for us,
The [fn]little H6996 foxes H7776 that are ruining H2254 the vineyards, H3754
While our vineyards H3754 are in blossom.” H5563

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - “Scarcely H4592 had I [fn]left H5674 them
When H5704 H7945 I found H4672 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves; H157
I held H270 on to him and would not let H7503 him go H7503
Until H5704 I had brought H935 him to my mother’s H517 house, H1004
And into the room H2315 of her who conceived H2029 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - “All H3605 of them are wielders H270 of the sword, H2719
Expert H3925 in war; H4421
Each H376 man H376 has his sword H2719 at his side, H3409
Guarding against H4480 the [fn]terrors H6343 of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:8 - “I said, H559 ‘I will climb H5927 the palm H8558 tree, H8558
I will take H270 hold H270 of its fruit H5577 stalks.’ H5577
Oh, H4994 may H4994 your breasts H7699 be like clusters H811 of the vine, H1612
And the fragrance H7381 of your [fn]breath H639 like [fn]apples, H8598

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Its roaring H7581 is like a lioness, H3833 and it roars H7580 like young H3715 lions; H3715
It growls H5098 as it seizes H270 the prey H2964
And carries H6403 it off H6403 with no H369 one H369 to deliver H5337 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - They will be terrified, H926
Pains H6735 and anguish H2256 will take H270 hold H270 of them;
They will writhe H2342 like a woman in labor, H3205
They will look H8539 at one H376 another H7453 in astonishment, H8539
Their faces H6440 aflame. H3857

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - For this H3651 reason H5921 H3651 my loins H4975 are full H4390 of anguish; H2479
Pains H6735 have seized H270 me like the pains H6735 of a woman in labor. H3205
I am so H4480 bewildered H5753 I cannot H4480 hear, H8085 so H4480 terrified H926 I cannot H4480 see. H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:14 - Sinners H2400 in Zion H6726 are terrified; H6342
Trembling H7461 has seized H270 the godless. H2611
“Who H4310 among us can live H1481 with the consuming H398 fire? H784
Who H4310 among us can live H1481 with [fn]continual H5769 burning?” H4168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - “What H4100 will you say H559 when H3588 He appoints H6485 over H5921 you—
And you yourself H859 had taught H3925 them—
Former [fn]companions H441 to be head H7218 over H5921 you?
Will not pangs H2256 take H270 hold H270 of you
Like H3644 a woman H802 in childbirth? H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - “Damascus H1834 has become H7503 helpless; H7503
She has turned H6437 away to flee, H5127
And panic H7374 has gripped H2388 her;
Distress H6869 and pangs H2256 have taken H270 hold H270 of her
Like a woman in childbirth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - The side H6763 chambers H6763 were in three H7969 stories, [fn]one H6763 above H413 another, H6763 and [fn]thirty H7970 in each H6471 story; H6471 and [fn]the side chambers H6763 extended H935 to the wall H7023 which H834 stood on [fn]their inward H1004 side H6763 all H5439 around, H5439 that they might be fastened, H270 and not be fastened H270 into the wall H7023 of the temple H1004 itself.

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