אָחַז

Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:13

• נֶאֱחַ֥זneechazverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was caught

After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

Genesis 25:26

• אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙ʾochezetverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: holding

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Genesis 34:10

• וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּveheachazuconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and have possessions

Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Genesis 47:27

• וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּvaiyeachazuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they had possessions

“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

Exodus 4:4

• וֶאֱחֹ֖זveechozconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and hold

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Exodus 15:14

• אָחַ֔זʾachazverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has seized

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Exodus 15:15

• יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹyochazemovverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it has seized them

From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

Numbers 31:30

• אָחֻ֣זʾachuzverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: drawn

From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.

Numbers 31:47

• הָֽאָחֻז֙haachuzthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: those drawn

But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

Numbers 32:30

• וְנֹֽאחֲז֥וּvenochazuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will have possessions

when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

Deuteronomy 32:41

• וְתֹאחֵ֥זvetochezHC/Vqu3fstagged: so it may take hold

So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

Joshua 22:9

• נֹֽאחֲזוּ־nochazu-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had possessions

If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

Joshua 22:19

• וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּveheachazuconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and have possessions

As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Judges 1:6

• וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּvaiyochazuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they seized

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

Judges 12:6

• וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּvaiyochazuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they seized

But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

Judges 16:3

• וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞זvaiyeechozHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he took hold

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

Judges 16:21

• וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּvaiyochazuhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they seized him

Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

Judges 20:6

• וָֽאֹחֵ֤זvaochezHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I took hold

And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

Ruth 3:15

• וְאֶֽחֳזִי־veechozi-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and take hold
• וַתֹּ֣אחֶזvatochezHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she took hold

Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

2 Samuel 1:9

• אֲחָזַ֖נִיʾachazaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it has seized me

So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

2 Samuel 2:21

• וֶאֱחֹ֣זveechozconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and seize

when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

2 Samuel 4:10

• וָאֹחֲזָ֣הvaochazahHc/Vqw1cs/Shtagged: and I took hold

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

2 Samuel 6:6

• וַיֹּ֣אחֶזvaiyochezHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he took hold

“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:9

• וַתֹּ֜חֶזvatochezHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it took hold

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

1 Kings 1:51

• אָחַ֞זʾachazverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has taken hold

The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.

1 Kings 6:6

• אֲחֹ֥זʾachozverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have hold

He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

1 Kings 6:10

• וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥זvaiyeechozHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he covered

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

1 Chronicles 13:9

• לֶאֱחֹז֙leechozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to grasp

The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:6

• אָחֻז֙ʾachuzverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: drawn
• וְאָחֻ֥ז׀veachuzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and drawn
• אָחֻ֖זʾachuzverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: drawn

The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

2 Chronicles 9:18

• מָאֳחָזִ֔יםmoochazimverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: attached

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 25:5

• אֹחֵ֖זʾochezverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: holds

And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

Nehemiah 7:3

• וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּveechozuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and bolt

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

Esther 1:6

• אָחוּז֙ʾachuzverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: held

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Job 16:12

• וְאָחַ֣זveachazHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he took hold

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 17:9

• וְיֹאחֵ֣זveyochezHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may hold

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Job 18:9

• יֹאחֵ֣זyochezverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it takes hold

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 18:20

• אָ֣חֲזוּʾachazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they take hold of

When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

Job 21:6

• וְאָחַ֥זveachazHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it takes hold of

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

Job 23:11

• אָחֲזָ֣הʾachazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has taken hold

He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

Job 26:9

• מְאַחֵ֥זmeachezverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: covers

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Job 30:16

• יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִיyochazuniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they seize me

that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Job 38:13

• לֶ֭אֱחֹזleechozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take hold

Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

Psalms 48:6

• אֲחָזָ֣תַםʾachazatamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it seized them

Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.

Psalms 73:23

• אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּʾachaztaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you take hold

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Psalms 77:4

• אָ֭חַזְתָּʾachaztaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you held

Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

Psalms 119:53

• אֲ֭חָזַתְנִיʾachazatniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it has seized me

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

Psalms 137:9

• שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓זsheiyochezrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: who he will seize

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Psalms 139:10

• וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִיvetochazeniHC/Vqu3fs/Sp1bstagged: and it will grasp me

I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

• וְלֶאֱחֹ֣זveleechozconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to take hold

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

• תֶּאֱחֹ֣זteechozverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will take hold

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

• שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙sheneechazimrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: that caught
• הָאֲחֻז֖וֹתhaachuzotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: that are caught

Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.

Song of Solomon 2:15

• אֶֽחֱזוּ־ʾechezu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: seize

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Song of Solomon 3:4

• אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ʾachaztivverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I grasped him

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

Song of Solomon 3:8

• אֲחֻ֣זֵיʾachuzeiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: grasped of

I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

Song of Solomon 7:8

• אֹֽחֲזָ֖הʾochazahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will take hold

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

Isaiah 5:29

• וְיֹאחֵ֣זveyochezHC/Vqu3mstagged: and it may seize

Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

Isaiah 13:8

• יֹֽאחֵז֔וּןyochezunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will seize

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

Isaiah 21:3

• אֲחָז֔וּנִיʾachazuniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have seized me

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

Isaiah 33:14

• אָחֲזָ֥הʾachazahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has seized

What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 13:21

• יֹאחֱז֔וּךְyochezukhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: will they seize you

Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:24

• אֲחָזַ֖תָּהʾachazatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will seize it

The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

Ezekiel 41:6

• אֲחוּזִ֑יםʾachuzimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: supports
• אֲחוּזִ֖יםʾachuzimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: supports