Strong's #270: 'achaz (pronounced aw-khaz')
a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession):--+ be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'âchaz
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 66 times:
Genesis 22:13: "and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went"
Genesis 25:26: "And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name"
Genesis 34:10: "before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions"
Genesis 47:27: "of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, exceedingly."
Exodus 4:4: "Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. his hand, and caught"
Exodus 15:14: "shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Philistia."
Exodus 15:15: "the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away."
Numbers 31:30: "half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty,"
Numbers 31:47: "Moses took one portion fifty, both of"
Numbers 32:30: "pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land"
Deuteronomy 32:41: "my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render to mine enemies,"
Joshua 22:9: "of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word"
Joshua 22:19: "the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not"
Judges 1:6: "fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs"
Judges 12:6: "frame it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan:"
Judges 16:3: "midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors"
Judges 16:21: "But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza,"
Judges 20:6: " And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel:"
Ruth 3:15: "the veil that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured measures of barley,"
Ruth 3:15: "that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured measures of barley, and laid"
2 Samuel 1:9: "me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole"
2 Samuel 2:21: "hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take"
2 Samuel 4:10: "thinking to have I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given"
2 Samuel 6:6: "his hand to the ark and took hold of it; for the oxen shook"
2 Samuel 20:9: "in health, my brother? And Joab took by the beard with the right hand"
1 Kings 1:51: "king for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king"
1 Kings 6:6: "narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house."
1 Kings 6:10: "five cubits and they rested on the house with timber of cedar."
1 Chronicles 13:9: "put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen"
1 Chronicles 24:6: "one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar."
1 Chronicles 24:6: "household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar."
2 Chronicles 9:18: "to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays"
2 Chronicles 25:5: "them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear"
Nehemiah 7:3: "stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem,"
Esther 1:6: "Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to"
Job 16:12: "I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark."
Job 17:9: "The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger."
Job 18:9: "The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against"
Job 21:6: "I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh."
Job 23:11: "My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined."
Job 26:9: " He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon"
Job 30:16: "upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon"
Job 38:13: " That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of"
Psalms 48:6: "Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail."
Psalms 56:1: "Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. unto me, O God: for"
Psalms 73:23: "Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand."
Psalms 77:4: " Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak."
Psalms 119:53: "Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law."
Psalms 137:9: "Happy shall he be, that taketh shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
Psalms 139:10: "shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold"
