אָחַז
a.chaz
“to grasp”
Definition
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
a primitive root;
- 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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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
אָחַז appears 59 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
that it might spread to the ends of the earthand shake the wicked out of it?
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