Bible Lexicons

אָחַז fut. יאֹחֵז (more rarely יֶאֱחֹז 1 Kings 6:10; Ecclesiastes 7:18).

(1) to take hold of, to seize, specially with the hand. (Arab. أَخَذَ, Ch. and Syr. אֲחַד, ܐܶܚܰܕ.) Const. with an accus. of pers. or thing, Psalms 56:1; Judges 12:6 also very often followed by בְּ, Exodus 4:4; Job 23:11; 2 Samuel 20:9. (Winer has made a mistake with regard to this passage, p. 46; it should be rendered, “and Joab’s right hand took hold of Amasa’s beard.”) Metaph. it is ascribed to terror, fear (like λαμβάνειν), Exodus 15:14, חִיל אָחַז ישְׁבֵי פְלֶשֶׁת “terror seizes the inhabitants of Philistia;” verse 15 Exodus 15:15; Psalms 48:7. It is also said vice versâ, to take fright (comp. Germ. die Flucht ergreifen), Job 18:20, קַדְמוֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַל “the ancients took hold of horror,” for “horror took hold of them;” Job 21:6; Isaiah 13:8, צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יאֹחֵזוּן “they (the Babylonians) take hold of pangs and sorrows,” for “pangs and sorrows take hold of them.”

(2) to take, e.g. by hunting, fishing, Song of Solomon 2:15.

(3) to hold something taken, followed by an acc. 1 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Chronicles 25:5 and בְּ, Genesis 25:26. Metaph. to embrace anything, with an acc., Job 17:9 (comp. κρατέω, Revelation 2:25); with בְּ, 23:11. Part. pass. in an active signification, Song of Solomon 3:8, אֲחֻזֵי־חֶרֶב “holding the sword.” Compare as to this deponent use of passive participles, Lehrg. p. 309, 310 [Heb. Gram. § 49, 3.2], and in this very verb Syr. ܐܰܚܺܝܕ holding, Eth. እኁዝ፡ ehûs, taken and holding.

(4) to join, and in pass. to be joined, to adhere. Verbs of taking and holding are very often thus applied in the sense of adhering, and joining, as things firmly joined together hold and sustain each other firmly; compare לָכַד and לָקַח in Hithp., and ἔχομαι τινός, I hold, depend on any thing; ἐχόμενος joined to any thing; and αἱρέω, whence Lat. hœreo. Ezekiel 41:6, וְלאֹ יִהְיוּ אֲחוּזִים בְּקִיר הַבַּיִת “(that) they should not be joined (inserted) in the wall of the temple;” 1 Kings 6:6. Hence

(5) to shut, as the Syr. ܐܶܚܰܕ Nehemiah 7:3.

(6) to cover with timber, beams and boards, from the joining together of the beams and planks; 1 Kings 6:10, “and he covered the house with cedar wood;” comp. תָּפַשׂ Habakkuk 2:19.

(7) to take out, away (from a great number), whence part. pass. taken, sc. by lot (like the synonymous word נִלְכַּד), Numbers 31:30, “from the half which belongs to the children of Israel thou shalt take one אָחוּז מִן הַחֲמִשִּׁים part taken out of fifty;” verse 47 Numbers 31:47; 1 Chronicles 24:6, בֵּית־אָב אֶחָד אָחוּז לְאֶלְעָזָר וְאָהֻז אָחֻז לְאִיתָמָר (where it should again be read with many copies אֶחָד אָחוּז) “one family (by lot) being taken for Eleazar, one for Ithamar,” i.e. in casting lots they so arranged as to draw first a lot for a family of Eleazar, and then for a family of Ithamar.

Niphal

(1) pass. Kal No. 2, Ecclesiastes 9:12.

(2) pass. No. 3, Genesis 22:13.

(3) to make oneself possessor of any thing, to have possession of it, Genesis 34:10, 47:27 Joshua 22:9, 19 Joshua 22:19. Comp. Syr. ܐܶܚܰܕ to possess, and deriv. אֲחֻוָּה.

Piel, to shut, like Kal No.5, Job 26:9, “shutting (vailing with clouds), the face of his throne.”

Hophal, to be joined, fastened, pass. Kal No. 4, 9 Ch. 9:18.

The derived nouns immediately follow.

אֲ֭חָזַתְנִי אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ אֲחָז֔וּנִי אֲחָזַ֖נִי אֲחָזַ֖תָּה אֲחָזָ֣תַם אֲחֹ֥ז אֲחֻ֣זֵי אֲחוּזִ֑ים אֲחוּזִ֖ים אֶֽחֱזוּ־ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ אָ֣חֲזוּ אָ֭חַזְתָּ אָחֲזָ֣ה אָחֲזָ֥ה אָחַ֔ז אָחַ֞ז אָחֻ֖ז אָחֻ֣ז אָחֻז֙ אָחוּז֙ אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה אֹחֵ֖ז אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙ אחוז אחוזים אחז אחזה אחזו אחזו־ אחזוני אחזי אחזני אחזת אחזתה אחזתיו אחזתם אחזתני בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז באחז הָֽאָחֻז֙ הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת האחז האחזות וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי וְאֶֽחֳזִי־ וְאָחַ֣ז וְאָחַ֥ז וְאָחֻ֥ז ׀ וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּ וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּ וְיֹאחֵ֣ז וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז וְנֹֽאחֲז֥וּ וְתֹאחֵ֥ז וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ וֶאֱחֹ֖ז וֶאֱחֹ֣ז וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥ז וַיֹּ֣אחֶז וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ וַתֹּ֜חֶז וַתֹּ֣אחֶז וָֽאֹחֵ֤ז וָאֹחֲזָ֣ה ואחז ואחזה ואחזו ואחזי־ והאחזו ויאחז ויאחזו ויאחזוהו ולאחז ונאחזו ותאחז ותאחזני ותחז יֹ֖אחֲז֣וּנִי יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹ יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ יֹאחֵ֣ז יאחז יאחזוך יאחזון יאחזוני יאחזמו לֶ֭אֱחֹז לֶאֱחֹז֙ לאחז מְאַחֵ֥ז מָאֳחָזִ֔ים מאחז מאחזים נֶאֱחַ֥ז נֹֽאחֲזוּ־ נאחז נאחזו־ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ שיאחז שנאחזים תֶּאֱחֹ֣ז תאחז ’ă·ḥā·za·nî ’ă·ḥā·zā·ṯam ’ā·ḥă·zāh ’ă·ḥā·zaṯ·nî ’ă·ḥā·zat·tāh ’ā·ḥă·zū ’ă·ḥā·zū·nî ’ā·ḥaz ’ā·ḥaz·tā ’ă·ḥaz·tîw ’ă·ḥōz ’ă·ḥu·zê ’ă·ḥū·zîm ’ā·ḥuz ’ā·ḥūz ’āḥaz ’āḥăzāh ’ăḥāzanî ’ăḥāzāṯam ’ăḥāzaṯnî ’ăḥāzattāh ’āḥaztā ’ăḥaztîw ’āḥăzū ’ăḥāzūnî ’ăḥōz ’āḥuz ’āḥūz ’ăḥuzê ’ăḥūzîm ’e·ḥĕ·zū- ’eḥĕzū- ’ō·ḥă·zāh ’ō·ḥe·zeṯ ’ō·ḥêz ’ōḥăzāh ’ōḥêz ’ōḥezeṯ aChaz achaZah achaZani achaZatam Achazatni achaZattah aChazta achazTiv Achazu achaZuni aChoz aChuz aChuzei achuZim be’ĕḥōz be·’ĕ·ḥōz beeChoz echezu hā’āḥuz hā’ăḥuzōwṯ hā·’ă·ḥu·zō·wṯ hā·’ā·ḥuz haaChuz haachuZot le’ĕḥōz le·’ĕ·ḥōz leeChoz mā’oḥāzîm mā·’o·ḥā·zîm mə’aḥêz mə·’a·ḥêz meaChez moochaZim ne’ĕḥaz ne·’ĕ·ḥaz neeChaz nō·ḥă·zū- nochazu nōḥăzū- ochaZah oChez oChezet še·yō·ḥêz šen·ne·’ĕ·ḥā·zîm šenne’ĕḥāzîm šeyōḥêz sheiyoChez shenneechaZim te’ĕḥōz te·’ĕ·ḥōz teeChoz vaiyeachaZu vaiyeeChoz vaiyochaZu vaiyochaZuhu vaiYochez vaochaZah vaoChez vatTochez veaChaz veaChuz veeChoz veechozi veeChozu veheachaZu veleeChoz venochaZu vetochaZeni vetoChez veyoChez wā’ōḥăzāh wā’ōḥêz wā·’ō·ḥă·zāh wā·’ō·ḥêz wat·tō·ḥez wattōḥez way·yê·’ā·ḥă·zū way·ye·’ĕ·ḥōz way·yō·ḥă·zū way·yō·ḥă·zū·hū way·yō·ḥez wayyê’āḥăzū wayye’ĕḥōz wayyōḥăzū wayyōḥăzūhū wayyōḥez wə’āḥaz wə’āḥuz we’ĕḥōz wə’eḥozî- we’ĕḥōzū wə·’ā·ḥaz wə·’ā·ḥuz wə·’e·ḥo·zî- we·’ĕ·ḥō·zū we·’ĕ·ḥōz wə·hê·’ā·ḥă·zū wə·le·’ĕ·ḥōz wə·nō·ḥă·zū wə·ṯō·ḥă·zê·nî wə·ṯō·ḥêz wə·yō·ḥêz wəhê’āḥăzū wəle’ĕḥōz wənōḥăzū wəṯōḥăzênî wəṯōḥêz wəyōḥêz yō·ḥă·zê·mōw yō·ḥă·zū·nî yō·ḥĕ·zūḵ yō·ḥê·zūn yō·ḥêz yochaZemov yochaZuni yoChez yocheZuch yocheZun yōḥăzêmōw yōḥăzūnî yōḥêz yōḥĕzūḵ yōḥêzūn