אָחָז
ʼÂchâz · aw-khawz'
Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H270 (אָחַז); possessor;
Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahaz.
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 אָחָז 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ahaz19 · 46%
- and ahaz9 · 22%
- of ahaz7 · 17%
- was ahaz1 · 2%
- so ahaz1 · 2%
- because of ahaz1 · 2%
- for ahaz1 · 2%
- unto ahaz1 · 2%
- but ahaz1 · 2%
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.