Lexical Definition

‎אָחַז‎ ʼâchaz (aw-khaz') to grasp ^H:V
a primitive root

[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

• to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

1) 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

See Greek: ἀντέχομαι · ἅπτομαι · ἅπτω · Ἀχάζ · ἐπιλαμβάνομαι · ἔρχομαι · ἔχω · θηρεύω · κατακληροδοτέω · καταλαμβάνω · κατέχω · κληρονομέω · κρατέω · λαμβάνω · πιάζω · συνέχω · τάσσω · ὑπολαμβάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָחַז‎₆₈ verb grasp, take hold, take posses-sion (Arabic , Sabean ‎אחֿדֿ‎ SabDenkm³⁹, Aramaic ‎אֲחַד‎, Assyrian a—azu, Ethiopic ) —

Qal Perfect ‎אָחַז‎ Exod 15:14 +; ‎אָֽחֲזָה‎ Job 23:11; Isa 33:14 suffix ‎אֲחָזַנִי‎ 2Sam 1:9 1 singular suffix ‎אֲחַזְתִּיו‎ Song 3:4,etc.; Imperfect ‎יאֹחֵז‎ Job 17:9 +; ‎וַיּ֫אֹחֶז‎ 2Sam 6:6 3 feminine singular ‎תּאֹחֵז‎ Deut 32:41 ‎וַתּאֹחֶז‎ Ruth 3:15 ‎וַתֹּחֶז‎ 2Sam 20:9 ‎וָאֹחֵז‎ Judg 20:6 ‎יאֹחֵזוּן‎ Isa 13:8 suffix ‎יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ‎ Exod 15:15 ‎יאֹחֱזוּךְ‎ Jer 13:21, etc.; — as ‎׳‎‎פ‎ guttural ‎וַיֶּאֱחֹז‎ Judg 16:3; 1Kgs 6:10 2 masculine singular ‎תֶּאֱחֹז‎ Eccl 7:18 Infinitive ‎אֲחֹז‎ 1Kgs 6:6 ‎אֱחֹז‎ 1Chr 13:9 + 3 t.; Imperative ‎אֱחֹז‎ Exod 4:4; 2Sam 2:21, ‎אֶחֳזִיֿ‎ Ruth 3:15 ‎אֶחֱזוּ‎ Song 2:15 ‎אֱחֹ֑זוּ‎ Neh 7:3 Participle active ‎אֹחֵז‎ 2Chr 25:5 passive ‎אָחוּז‎ Esth 1:6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by ‎בְּ‎ Gen 25:26; Exod 4:4 (both J) Judg 16:3; Judg 20:6 ( = ‎וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ‎ Judg 19:29) 2Sam 4:10; 2Sam 6:6; 2Sam 20:9; 1Kgs 1:51; Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare ‎בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑‎ Job 8:17 Hoffm reads ‎יֹחֲזָה‎ = ‎׳‎‎יאֹ‎); also Song 7:9* of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath Job 16:12 taking hold graciously Ps 73:23 taking hold of judgment Deut 32:41 subject man ‎בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי‎ Job 23:11 (|| ‎דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי‎ compare also Job 17:9); of taking hold of folly Eccl 2:3 compare Eccl 7:18 subject ‎הַשַּׁחַר‎ Job 38:13, ‎לֶאֱחֹו‎ ‎בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ‎; also followed by accusative Judg 1:6; Judg 12:6; Judg 16:21; 2Sam 2:21; Isa 5:29; Song 2:15; Song 3:4; 1Chr 13:9; 2Chr 25:5; Ps 56:1*; Ps 137:9 compare 1Kgs 6:10 (compare v1Kgs 6:6 above), subject ‎הַיָּצוּעַ‎, ‎אֶתֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיֶּא‎ ‎הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים‎; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18:9 figurative, subject God Ps 77:5* God's hand Ps 139:10 subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. Exod 15:14; Exod 15:15; 2Sam 1:9; Job 21:6; Job 30:16; Ps 48:7*; Ps 119:53; Isa 21:3; Isa 33:14; Jer 13:21; Jer 49:24 subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isa 13:8 object ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ take one's way Job 17:9 ‎יאֹחֵז צַדִּיק‎ ‎דַּרְכּוֺ‎ AV RV hold on his way (compare Job 23:11 above, & Assyrian ƒabâtu ur—u, e. g. V. R:1, 74); — absolute Neh 7:3 of barring gates; passive participle caught Eccl 9:12 fastened, held Esth 1:6 taken (by lot) 1Chr 24:6 (3 t. in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number Num 31:30; Num 31:47 participle active of same form ‎אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב‎ Song 3:8 compare Thes Ba^{NB 175 & Ethiopic Participle}.; similarly Aramaic ‎אָחִיד‎, e.g. ᵑ7 Amos 2:5 e.g. ᵑ6 Judg 8:10; 1Chr 5:18 & Ezek 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co). Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נאֹחֲזוּ‎ Josh 22:9 ‎׳‎‎וְנאֹ‎ (consecutive) Num 32:30 Imperfect ‎וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ‎ Gen 47:27 Imperative ‎הֵאָֽחֲזוּ‎ Gen 34:10; Josh 22:19 Participle ‎נֶאֱחָז‎ Gen 22:13 ‎נֶאֱחָזִים‎ Eccl 9:12 — be caught Gen 22:13; Eccl 9:12 elsewhere have possessions Gen 34:10; Gen 47:27; Num 32:30; Josh 22:9; Josh 22:19 (P). Pi`el Participle ‎מְאַחֵז‎ Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian Dl^{W, p. 294}, compare Arabic , shut). Hoph`al Participle plural ‎מָאֳחָזִים‎ 2Chr 9:18 fastened to followed by ‎לְ‎.

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