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).

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63 occurrences

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• Job 30:16
  And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
• Job 38:13
  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
• Psalms 48:6
  Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
• Psalms 56:1
  To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
• Psalms 73:23
  Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
• Psalms 77:4
  Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
• Psalms 119:53
  Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
• Psalms 137:9
  Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
• Psalms 139:10
  Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3
  I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.