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
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H270 — אָחַז
a.chaz · to grasp · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 22:13 · נֶאֱחַ֥זAbraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.Genesis 25:26 · אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.Genesis 34:10 · וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּYou shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”Genesis 47:27 · וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּIsrael lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.Exodus 4:4 · וֶאֱחֹ֖זYahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.Exodus 15:14 · אָחַ֔זThe peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.Exodus 15:15 · יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹThen the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.Numbers 31:30 · אָחֻ֣זOf the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh.”Numbers 31:47 · הָֽאָחֻז֙even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.Numbers 32:30 · וְנֹֽאחֲז֥וּbut if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”Deuteronomy 32:41 · וְתֹאחֵ֥זif I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.Joshua 22:9 · נֹֽאחֲזוּ־The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.Joshua 22:19 · וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּHowever, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.Judges 1:6 · וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּBut Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.Judges 12:6 · וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּthen they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth;” for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it right: then they siezed him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.Judges 16:3 · וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞זSamson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.Judges 16:21 · וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּThe Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.Judges 20:6 · וָֽאֹחֵ֤זI took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.Ruth 3:15 · וְאֶֽחֳזִי־ · וַתֹּ֣אחֶזHe said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.2 Samuel 1:9 · אֲחָזַ֖נִיHe said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.’2 Samuel 2:21 · וֶאֱחֹ֣זAbner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.2 Samuel 4:10 · וָאֹחֲזָ֣הwhen someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.2 Samuel 6:6 · וַיֹּ֣אחֶזWhen they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled.2 Samuel 20:9 · וַתֹּ֜חֶזJoab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.1 Kings 1:51 · אָחַ֞זIt was told Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”1 Kings 6:6 · אֲחֹ֥זThe nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.1 Kings 6:10 · וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥זHe built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.1 Chronicles 13:9 · לֶאֱחֹז֙When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.1 Chronicles 24:6 · אָחֻז֙ · וְאָחֻ֥ז׀ · אָחֻ֖זShemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.2 Chronicles 9:18 · מָאֳחָזִ֔יםAnd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.2 Chronicles 25:5 · אֹחֵ֖זMoreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.Nehemiah 7:3 · וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּI said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”Esther 1:6 · אָחוּז֙There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.Job 16:12 · וְאָחַ֣זI was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.Job 17:9 · וְיֹאחֵ֣זYet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.Job 18:9 · יֹאחֵ֣זA snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.Job 18:20 · אָ֣חֲזוּThose who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.Job 21:6 · וְאָחַ֥זWhen I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.Job 23:11 · אָחֲזָ֣הMy foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.Job 26:9 · מְאַחֵ֥זHe encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.Job 30:16 · יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.Job 38:13 · לֶ֭אֱחֹזthat it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?Psalm 48:6 · אֲחָזָ֣תַםTrembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.Psalm 73:23 · אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּNevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.Psalm 77:4 · אָ֭חַזְתָּYou hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.Psalm 119:53 · אֲ֭חָזַתְנִיIndignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.Psalm 137:9 · שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓זHappy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.Psalm 139:10 · וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִיEven there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.Ecclesiastes 2:3 · וְלֶאֱחֹ֣זI searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.Ecclesiastes 7:18 · תֶּאֱחֹ֣זIt is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.Ecclesiastes 9:12 · שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ · הָאֲחֻז֖וֹתFor man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.Song of Solomon 2:15 · אֶֽחֱזוּ־Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.Song of Solomon 3:4 · אֲחַזְתִּיו֙I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.Song of Solomon 3:8 · אֲחֻ֣זֵיThey all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.Song of Solomon 7:8 · אֹֽחֲזָ֖הI said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples,Isaiah 5:29 · וְיֹאחֵ֣זTheir roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.Isaiah 13:8 · יֹֽאחֵז֔וּןThey will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.Isaiah 21:3 · אֲחָז֔וּנִיTherefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.Isaiah 33:14 · אָחֲזָ֥הThe sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?Jeremiah 13:21 · יֹאחֱז֔וּךְWhat will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?Jeremiah 49:24 · אֲחָזַ֖תָּהDamascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.