אֲחֻזָּה
ʼăchuzzâh · akh-ooz-zaw'
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle from H270 (אָחַז);
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: possession.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחֻזָּה 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
66 occurrences · 66 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for a possession6 · 12%
- of his possession5 · 10%
- of their possession4 · 8%
- of your possession4 · 8%
- unto his possession4 · 8%
- the possession4 · 8%
- possession3 · 6%
- them a possession2 · 4%
- me a possession1 · 2%
- me for a possession1 · 2%
- to you for a possession1 · 2%
- away some of his possession1 · 2%
- are their possession1 · 2%
- and unto the possession1 · 2%
- and they shall be your possession1 · 2%
- them for a possession1 · 2%
- even to him to whom the possession1 · 2%
- unto us therefore a possession1 · 2%
- shall be your possession1 · 2%
- that the possession1 · 2%
- shall be of the possession1 · 2%
- for his possession1 · 2%
- of the possession1 · 2%
- and their possessions1 · 2%
- that dwelt in their possessions1 · 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.