Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV Usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָחַז (a.chaz) — to grasp. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אחז
verb · אָחוּז · אֲחֻזָּה · אָחָז · אֲחַזְיָה · יְהֹואָחָז
Hold | verb qal, verb nif, verb hof
to be held, to be caught, to be fastened, to be attached, to be girded = to be held in position firmly in a certain place
Hold | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ חזק
to grasp, to take hold of (something), to seize, to catch, to hold on (to something) = to take hold of someone or something; humans typically do this with their hands and animals use their mouths; however, it is often extended to include inanimate objects (traps), personalized qualities (wisdom), emotions (anger, fear), or processes (time)
GEN 25:26 · EXO 4:4 · EXO 15:14 · EXO 15:15 · JDG 1:6 · JDG 12:6 · JDG 16:3 · JDG 16:21 · JDG 20:6 · RUT 3:15 · RUT 3:15 · 2SA 1:9 · 2SA 2:21 · 2SA 4:10 · 2SA 6:6 · 2SA 20:9 · 1KI 1:51 · 1CH 13:9 · 2CH 25:5 · JOB 16:12 · JOB 18:9 · JOB 21:6 · JOB 30:16 · JOB 38:13 · PSA 48:7 · PSA 56:1 · PSA 73:23 · PSA 77:5 · PSA 119:53 · PSA 137:9 · PSA 139:10 · ECC 9:12 · ECC 9:12 · SNG 2:15 · SNG 3:4 · SNG 7:9 · ISA 5:29 · ISA 13:8 · ISA 21:3 · ISA 33:14 · JER 13:21 · JER 49:24
Hold | verb qal
to bolt (a door) = to cause a door to be kept firmly locked by securing it with an iron bar
Engage | verb qal
to hold on (to a type of behavior) literally: to hold on to a quality as if it were a person; hence: = to act in accordance with a certain quality
DEU 32:41 · JOB 17:9 · JOB 18:20 · JOB 23:11 · ECC 2:3 · ECC 7:18
Possess | verb nif
to acquire land = to acquire landed property in a certain place
Dissociate | verb qal
to select = to carefully choose one or more objects out of a larger group
Wise | verb qal ptc.pass
Collocation: אחז חֶרֶב
skilled swordsman literally: held by the sword; hence: = state in which warriors carry swords and have the skill to use it
1 JOB 26:9 RSV NIV NRSV "covers" REB "veils" | NJPS "shuts off (the view of his throne)"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָחַז 68 vb. grasp, take hold of, take possession Qal grasp, take hold of
Niph. be caught
Pi. enclose, overlay
Hoph. fastened
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