אָחַז achaz
Hebrew word for “to grasp” · Strong’s H270 · used 68 times in 63 verses
Meaning
1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession;
How it is translated
Glosses given for achaz in context, with how often each is used:
- took hold 6
- has seized 5
- take hold 5
- seized 4
- caught 3
- seize 3
- drawn 3
- have possessions 2
- had possessions 2
- has taken hold 2
- held 2
- takes hold 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 9 | 1.1 | |
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Judges | 5 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Samuel | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 4 | 1.3 | |
| Song of Solomon | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 3 | 0.2 |
Also in 8 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 15 (2), Numbers 31 (2), Joshua 22 (2), Judges 16 (2), 1 Kings 6 (2), Job 18 (2), Song of Solomon 3 (2), Genesis 22 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 34 (1)
Forms
- אחז 7
- ואחז 6
- ויאחז 5
- אחזת 3
- ויאחזו 3
- אחזה 3
- והאחזו 2
- ותאחז 2
- לאחז 2
- אחזו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with achaz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּהַל bahal “to dismay” 4
- רַעַד raad “trembling” 3
- יָלַד yalad “to beget” 6
- חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 4
- יָמִין yamin “right” 4
- עַד ad “till” 6
- מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 3
- כְּנַעַן kenaan “Canaan” 3
- חִיל chil “agony” 2
- אִם im “if” 5
- שָׁמַט shamat “to release” 2
- יָצוּעַ yatsua “bed” 2
Key verses
The verses using achaz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:14 — The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
- Exodus 15:15 — Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Judges 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- 2 Samuel 20:9 — And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
- Job 17:9 — The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
- Job 23:11 — My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
- Psalms 56:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow…
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in…
- Song of Solomon 3:4 — It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my…
- Isaiah 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was…
- Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.