Lexical Definition

‎אֲחֻזָּה‎ ʼăchuzzâh (akh-ooz-zaw') possession ^H:N-F
feminine passive participle from ‎אָחַז‎

possession.

• something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)

1) possession, property
1a) land
1b) possession by inheritance

See Greek: κατάσχεσις · κληρονομία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲחֻזָּה‎₆₆ noun feminine possession — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 47:11 + 11 t.; construct ‎אֲחֻזַּת‎ Gen 17:8 + 21 t.; suffix ‎אֲחֻזָּ˜תְךָ‎ Ps 2:8 — possession, P & late; of landed property Gen 47:11; Lev 14:34; Lev 25:10; Lev 25:13; Lev 25:25; Lev 25:27; Lev 25:28; Lev 25:33 (houses); Lev 25:41; Lev 25:45; Lev 21:46; Num 27:4; Num 32:5; Num 32:22; Num 32:29; Num 35:8; Deut 32:49; Josh 21:12; Josh 21:39; Ezek 44:28; Ezek 45:5; Ezek 45:6; Ezek 45:7 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:8; Ezek 46:18 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 48:20; Ezek 48:21; Ezek 48:22 (twice in verse); 1Chr 7:28; 1Chr 9:2; 2Chr 11:14; 2Chr 31:1; Neh 11:3 with ‎אֶרֶץ‎, ‎אֲחֻזָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = land possessed, one's own land Gen 36:43; Lev 14:34; Lev 25:24; Num 35:28; Josh 22:4; Josh 22:9; Josh 22:19 (twice in verse), compare ‎אֲחֻזַּת הָאָרֶץ‎ Lev 27:24 with ‎שָׂדֶה‎, ‎אֲחֻזָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Lev 27:16; Lev 27:22; Lev 27:28, compare vLev 27:21 with ‎עִיר‎, ‎אֲתֻּזָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Lev 25:32; Lev 25:33 ‎אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָה‎ = possession by right of inheritance Num 27:7; Num 32:32, & ‎׳‎‎נַחֲלַת א‎ Num 35:2 compare ‎בְּנַחֲלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ezek 46:16 (but Co as Num 27:7 so B); ‎אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר‎ Gen 23:4; Gen 23:9; Gen 23:20; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13 ‎עוֺלם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 17:8; Gen 48:4; Lev 25:34 in promise to Davidic king ‎וַאֲחֻזָּ˜תְךָ אַסְפֵיאָֿרֶץ‎ Ps 2:8 (|| ‎נַחֲלָה‎); figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as portion of Levitical priests Ezek 44:28 (|| ‎נַחֲלָה‎).

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