אָחַז
ʼâchaz · aw-khaz'
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָחַז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
68 occurrences · 68 OT · 0 NT · 66 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- took3 · 9%
- shall take hold3 · 9%
- portion2 · 6%
- took hold2 · 6%
- have taken hold2 · 6%
- take2 · 6%
- and take possession1 · 3%
- whereof they were possessed1 · 3%
- take hold1 · 3%
- they shall have possessions1 · 3%
- and took hold1 · 3%
- it. and when she held1 · 3%
- and take1 · 3%
- him, and caught1 · 3%
- and i took1 · 3%
- and took1 · 3%
- then they took1 · 3%
- that thou hast upon thee, and hold1 · 3%
- and they had possessions1 · 3%
- is come1 · 3%
- and lay thee hold1 · 3%
- i took hold1 · 3%
- ye therein, and get you possessions1 · 3%
- for, lo, he hath caught hold1 · 3%
- caught1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.