אֲחַזְיָה
ʼĂchazyâh · akh-az-yaw'
Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king
Lexicon
Derivation: or (prolonged) אֲחַזְיָהוּ ; from H270 (אָחַז) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has seized;
Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahaziah.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחַזְיָה 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ahaziah14 · 38%
- and ahaziah6 · 16%
- ahaziah5 · 14%
- was ahaziah2 · 5%
- to ahaziah2 · 5%
- did ahaziah1 · 3%
- there. and ahaziah1 · 3%
- o ahaziah1 · 3%
- but when ahaziah1 · 3%
- began ahaziah1 · 3%
- himself with ahaziah1 · 3%
- thyself with ahaziah1 · 3%
- so ahaziah1 · 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.