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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #270 - אָחַז

Transliteration
ʼâchaz
Phonetics
aw-khaz'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession

1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of

1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled

1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay

1d) (Hophal) fastened

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1949 ‑ ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (ep‑ee‑lam‑ban'‑om‑ahee);  472 ‑ ἀντέχω (an‑tekh'‑om‑ahee);  881 ‑ Ἀχάζ (akh‑adz');  2064 ‑ ἔρχομαι (er'‑khom‑ahee);  2192 ‑ ἔχω (ekh'‑o);  2638 ‑ καταλαμβάνω (kat‑al‑am‑ban'‑o);  2983 ‑ λαμβάνω (lam‑ban'‑o);  4084 ‑ πιάζω (pee‑ad'‑zo);  4912 ‑ συνέχω (soon‑ekh'‑o);  5021 ‑ τάσσω (tas'‑so);  5274 ‑ ὑπολαμβάνω (hoop‑ol‑am‑ban'‑o);  264 ‑ ἁμαρτάνω (ham‑ar‑tan'‑o);  2816 ‑ κληρονομέω (klay‑ron‑om‑eh'‑o);  2340 ‑ θηρεύω (thay‑ryoo'‑o);  2722 ‑ κατέχω (kat‑ekh'‑o);  2902 ‑ κρατέω (krat‑eh'‑o);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (67)
Genesis 4
Exodus 3
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 2
Judges 5
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 9
Psalms 7
Ecclesiastes 4
Song of Solomon 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 2
NAS (87)
Genesis 6
Exodus 3
Numbers 4
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 3
Judges 7
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 7
1 Kings 4
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 13
Psalms 8
Ecclesiastes 5
Song of Solomon 5
Isaiah 5
Jeremiah 4
Ezekiel 2
HCS (61)
Genesis 4
Exodus 3
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 2
Judges 5
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 7
Psalms 6
Ecclesiastes 4
Song of Solomon 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 2
BSB (68)
Genesis 4
Exodus 3
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 2
Judges 5
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 4
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 9
Psalms 7
Ecclesiastes 4
Song of Solomon 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 2
ESV (57)
Genesis 4
Numbers 3
Joshua 1
Judges 5
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 9
Psalms 6
Ecclesiastes 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 2
WEB (65)
Genesis 4
Exodus 3
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 2
Judges 5
Ruth 2
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 9
Psalms 6
Ecclesiastes 4
Song of Solomon 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1168) zh (ההז HhZ) AC: See CO: ? AB: Perceive: The ability to see beyond what is seen in the physical present as a light piercing through the darkness. (eng: haze; gaze - an exchange for the h and g)

A) zh (ההז HhZ) AC: ? CO: Vision AB: ?: A perception beyond the normal experiences.

Nf) zh (ההז HhZ) - Vision: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (3): vision - Strongs: H2378 (חֲזוֹת), H2379 (חֲזוֹת)

Nf3) tfzh (ההזות HhZWT) - Vision: KJV (5): vision - Strongs: H2380 (חָזוּת)

jm) nfzh (ההזונ HhZWN) - Vision: KJV (35): vision - Strongs: H2377 (חָזוֹן)

fjm) nfizh (ההזיונ HhZYWN) - Vision: KJV (9): vision - Strongs: H2384 (חִזָּיוֹן)

B) zzh (ההזז HhZZ) AC: ? CO: Light AB: ?

bm ) zizh (ההזיז HhZYZ) - Lighting: A moment of vision in the dark of night. KJV (3): lightning, bright clouds - Strongs: H2385 (חֲזִיז)

C) zha (אההז AHhZ) AC: Hold CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

V) zha (אההז AHhZ) - Hold: To grab something and keep hold of it. Also ones holdings. KJV (67): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hophal, Piel) hold, take, possess, caught, fastened - Strongs: H270 (אָחַז)

Nf1) ezha (אההזה AHhZH) - Holdings: KJV (66): possession - Strongs: H272 (אֲחֻזָּה)

H) ezh (ההזה HhZH) AC: Perceive CO: Light AB: ?

V) ezh (ההזה HhZH) - Perceive: To see something that is not physically present. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: hzh]KJV (83): (vf: Paal) see, behold, look, prophecy, provide, dream - Strongs: H1957 (הָזָה), H2370 (חֲזָא), H2372 (חָזָה)

Nm ) ezh (ההזה HhZH) - Chest: The breast of a sacrificed animal (possibly as a sacrifice for a vision) . KJV (13): breast - Strongs: H2373 (חָזֶה)

af1) ezhm (מההזה MHhZH) - Vision: KJV (4): vision - Strongs: H4236 (מַחֲזֶה)

fm) izh (ההזי HhZY) - Chest: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): breast - Strongs: H2306 (חֲדֵה)

gm) ezfh (ההוזה HhWZH) - Seer: KJV (22): seer, see, agreement, prophet, stargazer - Strongs: H2374 (חֹזֶה)

kf1) ezhm (מההזה MHhZH) - Light: KJV (4): light - Strongs: H4237 (מֶחֱזָה)

rm) fzh (ההזו HhZW) - Vision: [Aramaic only] KJV (12): vision, look - Strongs: H2376 (חֱזוּ)

J) zfh (ההוז HhWZ) AC: Look CO: Haven AB: ?

am ) zfhm (מההוז MHhWZ) - Haven: A placed looked for. KJV (1): haven - Strongs: H4231 (מָחוֹז)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 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; 1 singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Song of Solomon 3:4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2 Samuel 6:6; 3 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; 2 masculine 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 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 Song of Solomon 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, לֶאֱחֹובְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative Judges 1:6; Judges 12:6; Judges 16:21; 2 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 5:29; Song of Solomon 2:15; Song of Solomon 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, אֶתֿ׳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 Prayer of Manasseh , object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isaiah 13:8; object דֶּרֶךְ take one's way Job 17:9 יאֹחֵז צַדִּיקדַּרְכּוֺ AV RV hold on his way (compare Job 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 (3t. in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number Numbers 31:30,47; participle active of same form אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Song of Solomon 3:8 compare Thes Ba NB 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 Perfect 3 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`el Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian Dl W, p. 294, compare Arabic , shut).

Hoph`al Participle plural מָאֳחָזִים 2 Chronicles 9:18 fastened to followed by לְ.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָחַז fut. יאֹחֵז (more rarely יֶאֱחֹז 1 Kings 6:10; Ecclesiastes 7:18).

(1) to take hold of, to seize, specially with the hand. (Arab. أَخَذَ, Ch. and Syr. אֲחַד, ܐܶܚܰܕ.) Const. with an accus. of pers. or thing, Psalms 56:1; Judges 12:6 also very often followed by בְּ, Exodus 4:4; Job 23:11; 2 Samuel 20:9. (Winer has made a mistake with regard to this passage, p. 46; it should be rendered, “and Joab’s right hand took hold of Amasa’s beard.”) Metaph. it is ascribed to terror, fear (like λαμβάνειν), Exodus 15:14, חִיל אָחַז ישְׁבֵי פְלֶשֶׁת “terror seizes the inhabitants of Philistia;” verse 15 Exodus 15:15; Psalms 48:7. It is also said vice versâ, to take fright (comp. Germ. die Flucht ergreifen), Job 18:20, קַדְמוֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַל “the ancients took hold of horror,” for “horror took hold of them;” Job 21:6; Isaiah 13:8, צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יאֹחֵזוּן “they (the Babylonians) take hold of pangs and sorrows,” for “pangs and sorrows take hold of them.”

(2) to take, e.g. by hunting, fishing, Song of Solomon 2:15.

(3) to hold something taken, followed by an acc. 1 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Chronicles 25:5 and בְּ, Genesis 25:26. Metaph. to embrace anything, with an acc., Job 17:9 (comp. κρατέω, Revelation 2:25); with בְּ, 23:11. Part. pass. in an active signification, Song of Solomon 3:8, אֲחֻזֵי־חֶרֶב “holding the sword.” Compare as to this deponent use of passive participles, Lehrg. p. 309, 310 [Heb. Gram. § 49, 3.2], and in this very verb Syr. ܐܰܚܺܝܕ holding, Eth. እኁዝ፡ ehûs, taken and holding.

(4) to join, and in pass. to be joined, to adhere. Verbs of taking and holding are very often thus applied in the sense of adhering, and joining, as things firmly joined together hold and sustain each other firmly; compare לָכַד and לָקַח in Hithp., and ἔχομαι τινός, I hold, depend on any thing; ἐχόμενος joined to any thing; and αἱρέω, whence Lat. hœreo. Ezekiel 41:6, וְלאֹ יִהְיוּ אֲחוּזִים בְּקִיר הַבַּיִת “(that) they should not be joined (inserted) in the wall of the temple;” 1 Kings 6:6. Hence

(5) to shut, as the Syr. ܐܶܚܰܕ Nehemiah 7:3.

(6) to cover with timber, beams and boards, from the joining together of the beams and planks; 1 Kings 6:10, “and he covered the house with cedar wood;” comp. תָּפַשׂ Habakkuk 2:19.

(7) to take out, away (from a great number), whence part. pass. taken, sc. by lot (like the synonymous word נִלְכַּד), Numbers 31:30, “from the half which belongs to the children of Israel thou shalt take one אָחוּז מִן הַחֲמִשִּׁים part taken out of fifty;” verse 47 Numbers 31:47; 1 Chronicles 24:6, בֵּית־אָב אֶחָד אָחוּז לְאֶלְעָזָר וְאָהֻז אָחֻז לְאִיתָמָר (where it should again be read with many copies אֶחָד אָחוּז) “one family (by lot) being taken for Eleazar, one for Ithamar,” i.e. in casting lots they so arranged as to draw first a lot for a family of Eleazar, and then for a family of Ithamar.

Niphal

(1) pass. Kal No. 2, Ecclesiastes 9:12.

(2) pass. No. 3, Genesis 22:13.

(3) to make oneself possessor of any thing, to have possession of it, Genesis 34:10, 47:27 Joshua 22:9, 19 Joshua 22:19. Comp. Syr. ܐܶܚܰܕ to possess, and deriv. אֲחֻוָּה.

Piel, to shut, like Kal No.5, Job 26:9, “shutting (vailing with clouds), the face of his throne.”

Hophal, to be joined, fastened, pass. Kal No. 4, 9 Ch. 9:18.

The derived nouns immediately follow.


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אֲ֭חָזַתְנִי אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ אֲחָז֔וּנִי אֲחָזַ֖נִי אֲחָזַ֖תָּה אֲחָזָ֣תַם אֲחֹ֥ז אֲחֻ֣זֵי אֲחוּזִ֑ים אֲחוּזִ֖ים אֶֽחֱזוּ־ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ אָ֣חֲזוּ אָ֭חַזְתָּ אָחֲזָ֣ה אָחֲזָ֥ה אָחַ֔ז אָחַ֞ז אָחֻ֖ז אָחֻ֣ז אָחֻז֙ אָחוּז֙ אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה אֹחֵ֖ז אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙ אחוז אחוזים אחז אחזה אחזו אחזו־ אחזוני אחזי אחזני אחזת אחזתה אחזתיו אחזתם אחזתני בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז באחז הָֽאָחֻז֙ הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת האחז האחזות וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי וְאֶֽחֳזִי־ וְאָחַ֣ז וְאָחַ֥ז וְאָחֻ֥ז ׀ וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּ וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּ וְיֹאחֵ֣ז וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז וְנֹֽאחֲז֥וּ וְתֹאחֵ֥ז וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ וֶאֱחֹ֖ז וֶאֱחֹ֣ז וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥ז וַיֹּ֣אחֶז וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ וַתֹּ֜חֶז וַתֹּ֣אחֶז וָֽאֹחֵ֤ז וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה ואחז ואחזה ואחזו ואחזי־ והאחזו ויאחז ויאחזו ויאחזוהו ולאחז ונאחזו ותאחז ותאחזני ותחז יֹ֖אחֲז֣וּנִי יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹ יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ יֹאחֵ֣ז יאחז יאחזוך יאחזון יאחזוני יאחזמו לֶ֭אֱחֹז לֶאֱחֹז֙ לאחז מְאַחֵ֥ז מָאֳחָזִ֔ים מאחז מאחזים נֶאֱחַ֥ז נֹֽאחֲזוּ־ נאחז נאחזו־ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ שיאחז שנאחזים תֶּאֱחֹ֣ז תאחז ’ă·ḥā·za·nî ’ă·ḥā·zā·ṯam ’ā·ḥă·zāh ’ă·ḥā·zaṯ·nî ’ă·ḥā·zat·tāh ’ā·ḥă·zū ’ă·ḥā·zū·nî ’ā·ḥaz ’ā·ḥaz·tā ’ă·ḥaz·tîw ’ă·ḥōz ’ă·ḥu·zê ’ă·ḥū·zîm ’ā·ḥuz ’ā·ḥūz ’āḥaz ’āḥăzāh ’ăḥāzanî ’ăḥāzāṯam ’ăḥāzaṯnî ’ăḥāzattāh ’āḥaztā ’ăḥaztîw ’āḥăzū ’ăḥāzūnî ’ăḥōz ’āḥuz ’āḥūz ’ăḥuzê ’ăḥūzîm ’e·ḥĕ·zū- ’eḥĕzū- ’ō·ḥă·zāh ’ō·ḥe·zeṯ ’ō·ḥêz ’ōḥăzāh ’ōḥêz ’ōḥezeṯ aChaz achaZah achaZani achaZatam Achazatni achaZattah aChazta achazTiv Achazu achaZuni aChoz aChuz aChuzei achuZim be’ĕḥōz be·’ĕ·ḥōz beeChoz echezu hā’āḥuz hā’ăḥuzōwṯ hā·’ă·ḥu·zō·wṯ hā·’ā·ḥuz haaChuz haachuZot le’ĕḥōz le·’ĕ·ḥōz leeChoz mā’oḥāzîm mā·’o·ḥā·zîm mə’aḥêz mə·’a·ḥêz meaChez moochaZim ne’ĕḥaz ne·’ĕ·ḥaz neeChaz nō·ḥă·zū- nochazu nōḥăzū- ochaZah oChez oChezet še·yō·ḥêz šen·ne·’ĕ·ḥā·zîm šenne’ĕḥāzîm šeyōḥêz sheiyoChez shenneechaZim te’ĕḥōz te·’ĕ·ḥōz teeChoz vaiyeachaZu vaiyeeChoz vaiyochaZu vaiyochaZuhu vaiYochez vaochaZah vaoChez vatTochez veaChaz veaChuz veeChoz veechozi veeChozu veheachaZu veleeChoz venochaZu vetochaZeni vetoChez veyoChez wā’ōḥăzāh wā’ōḥêz wā·’ō·ḥă·zāh wā·’ō·ḥêz wat·tō·ḥez wattōḥez way·yê·’ā·ḥă·zū way·ye·’ĕ·ḥōz way·yō·ḥă·zū way·yō·ḥă·zū·hū way·yō·ḥez wayyê’āḥăzū wayye’ĕḥōz wayyōḥăzū wayyōḥăzūhū wayyōḥez wə’āḥaz wə’āḥuz we’ĕḥōz wə’eḥozî- we’ĕḥōzū wə·’ā·ḥaz wə·’ā·ḥuz wə·’e·ḥo·zî- we·’ĕ·ḥō·zū we·’ĕ·ḥōz wə·hê·’ā·ḥă·zū wə·le·’ĕ·ḥōz wə·nō·ḥă·zū wə·ṯō·ḥă·zê·nî wə·ṯō·ḥêz wə·yō·ḥêz wəhê’āḥăzū wəle’ĕḥōz wənōḥăzū wəṯōḥăzênî wəṯōḥêz wəyōḥêz yō·ḥă·zê·mōw yō·ḥă·zū·nî yō·ḥĕ·zūḵ yō·ḥê·zūn yō·ḥêz yochaZemov yochaZuni yoChez yocheZuch yocheZun yōḥăzêmōw yōḥăzūnî yōḥêz yōḥĕzūḵ yōḥêzūn
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