Hebrew word study

אָחַזʼâchaz — to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in pos…

Pronounced “aw-khaz'”

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

Appears 68 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×

Genesis 22:13 Genesis 25:26 Genesis 34:10 Genesis 47:27

Exodus — 3×

Exodus 4:4 Exodus 15:14 Exodus 15:15

Numbers — 3×

Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:47 Numbers 32:30

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 32:41

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 22:9 Joshua 22:19

Judges — 5×

Judges 1:6 Judges 12:6 Judges 16:3 Judges 16:21 Judges 20:6

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 3:15+ 1 more in Ruth

2 Samuel — 5×

2 Sam 1:9 2 Sam 2:21 2 Sam 4:10 2 Sam 6:6 2 Sam 20:9

1 Kings — 3×

1 Ki 1:51 1 Ki 6:6 1 Ki 6:10

1 Chronicles — 4×

1 Chr 13:9 1 Chr 24:6+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 2×

2 Chr 9:18 2 Chr 25:5

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 7:3

Esther — 1×

Esther 1:6

Job — 9×

Job 16:12 Job 17:9 Job 18:9 Job 18:20 Job 21:6 Job 23:11 Job 26:9 Job 30:16 Job 38:13

Psalms — 7×

Psalms 48:6 Psalms 56:1 Psalms 73:23 Psalms 77:4 Psalms 119:53 Psalms 137:9 Psalms 139:10

Ecclesiastes — 4×

Eccles 2:3 Eccles 7:18 Eccles 9:12+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 4×

Song 2:15 Song 3:4 Song 3:8 Song 7:8

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 5:29 Isaiah 13:8 Isaiah 21:3 Isaiah 33:14

Jeremiah — 2×

Jeremiah 13:21 Jeremiah 49:24

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 41:6+ 1 more in Ezekiel

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