STRONGS NUMBER H270


Word Summary
achaz: to grasp, take hold, take possession
Original Word: אָחַז
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
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 אָחַזExodus 15:14 +; אָֽחֲזָהJob 23:11; Isaiah 33:14; suffix אֲחָזַנִי2 Samuel 1:9; 1singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיוSong of Solomon 3:4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵזJob 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז2 Samuel 6:6; 3feminine singular תּאֹחֵזDeuteronomy 32:41; וַתּאֹחֶזRuth 3:15; וַתֹּחֶז2 Samuel 20:9; וָאֹחֵזJudges 20:6; יאֹחֵזוּןIsaiah 13:8; suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺExodus 15:15; יאֹחֱזוּךְJeremiah 13:21, etc.; — as ׳פ‎ guttural וַיֶּאֱחֹזJudges 16:3; 1 Kings 6:10; 2masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹזEcclesiastes 7:18; Infinitive אֲחֹז1 Kings 6:6; אֱחֹז1 Chronicles 13:9 3t.; Imperative אֱחֹזExodus 4:4; 2 Samuel 2:21, אֶחֳזִיֿRuth 3:15; אֶחֱזוּSong of Solomon 2:15; אֱחֹ֑זוּNehemiah 7:3; Participle active אֹחֵז2 Chronicles 25:5; passive אָחוּזEsther 1:6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by בְּGenesis 25:26; Exodus 4:4 (both J) Judges 16:3; 20:6 ( = בְּ וַיַּחֲזֵק19:29) 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 בֵּיתJob 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 בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺJob 23:11 ("" שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכּוֺ‎ compare also 17:9); of taking hold of folly Ecclesiastes 2:3; compare 7:18; subject הַשַּׁחַרJob 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 דֶּרֶךְtake 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 אֲחֻזֵיSong of Solomon 3:8 compare Thes BaNB 175 & Ethiopic Participle.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד‎, e.g. ᵑ7Amos 2:5; e.g. ᵑ6Judges 8:10; 1 Chronicles 5:18; & Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co).

Niph`al Perfect3plural נאֹחֲזוּJoshua 22:9; ׳וְנאֹ‎ (consecutive) Numbers 32:30; Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּGenesis 47:27; Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ34:10; Joshua 22:19; Participle נֶאֱחָזGenesis 22:13; נֶאֱחָזִיםEcclesiastes 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 מְאַחֵזJob 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.