H270 · אָחַז
ʼâchaz · aw-khaz' · to hold, to grasp
H270 (ʼâchaz, pronounced aw-khaz') is the Hebrew word אָחַז in Strong’s dictionary: to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession). It appears 68 times in 63 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- אָחַז (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʼâchaz
- Pronunciation
- aw-khaz'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- Rendered in the KJV
- [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
68 occurrences in 63 verses (65 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “and took hold” ×2
- “caught” ×2
- “seized him” ×2
- “Catch” ×1
- “He covers” ×1
- “He seized me” ×1
- “I held him” ×1
- “I seized” ×1
By book
Genesis 4 · Exodus 3 · Numbers 3 · Deuteronomy 1 · Joshua 2 · Judges 5 · Ruth 1 · 2 Samuel 5 · 1 Kings 3 · 1 Chronicles 2 · 2 Chronicles 2 · Nehemiah 1 · Esther 1 · Job 9 · Psalms 7 · Ecclesiastes 3 · Song of Solomon 4 · Isaiah 4 · Jeremiah 2 · Ezekiel 1
First 30 of 63 verses
- Genesis 22:13
- Genesis 25:26
- Genesis 34:10
- Genesis 47:27
- Exodus 4:4
- Exodus 15:14
- Exodus 15:15
- Numbers 31:30
- Numbers 31:47
- Numbers 32:30
- Deuteronomy 32:41
- Joshua 22:9
- Joshua 22:19
- Judges 1:6
- Judges 12:6
- Judges 16:3
- Judges 16:21
- Judges 20:6
- Ruth 3:15
- 2 Samuel 1:9
- 2 Samuel 2:21
- 2 Samuel 4:10
- 2 Samuel 6:6
- 2 Samuel 20:9
- 1 Kings 1:51
- 1 Kings 6:6
- 1 Kings 6:10
- 1 Chronicles 13:9
- 1 Chronicles 24:6
- 2 Chronicles 9:18
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H270.