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Strong's numbers

אָחַז (H270)

ʼâchaz

aw-khaz'

a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אָחַז 68 vb. grasp, take hold of, take possession
Qal grasp, take hold of
Niph. be caught
Pi. enclose, overlay
Hoph. fastened

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


63 occurrences

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:5
    Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
  • Nehemiah 7:3
    And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
  • Esther 1:6
    Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
  • Job 16:12
    I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
  • Job 17:9
    The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
  • Job 18:9
    The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
  • Job 18:20
    They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
  • Job 21:6
    Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
  • Job 23:11
    My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
  • Job 26:9
    He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.