Hebrew noun (feminine) · H272
אֲחֻזָּה
achuzzahakh-ooz-zaw'
possession
66 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼăchuzzâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H272is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 48spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H272
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
The King James renders it: possession.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
achuzzah is rendered "possession". It stands 66 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Twenty of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- The Greek text spells it forty-eight different ways.
The first use
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:8לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty of the word's sixty-six uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- possession his8
- possession of8
- to a possession8
- possession their7
- to a possession of5
- possession your4
- a possession3
- a possession of3
- to possession his3
- and from possession of2
- and of possession of2
- and a possession1
and 12 more, 66 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 66, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
48 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחֻזַּ֥ת4
- אֲחֻזַּ֣ת4
- לַאֲחֻזַּת־4
- אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃3
- אֲחֻזָּ֔ה2
- אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹ2
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם2
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה2
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֖ה2
- לַאֲחֻזָּֽה׃2
- לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃2
- אֲחֻזָּה֙1
and 36 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular8HR/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural7HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/R/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural4HNcfsc/Sp2mp
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
Genesis
nine uses
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- לַאֲחֻזַּ֖תlaachuzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a possession of
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
- אֲחֻזַּת־ʾachuzat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a possession of
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
- לַאֲחֻזַּת־laachuzat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a possession of
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
- לַאֲחֻזַּת־laachuzat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a possession of
Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֔םʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- אֲחֻזָּה֙ʾachuzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a possession
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- אֲחֻזַּ֥תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a possession of
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
- לַאֲחֻזַּת־laachuzat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a possession of
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
- לַאֲחֻזַּת־laachuzat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a possession of
Leviticus
twenty uses
“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֑הlaachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
- אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם׃ʾachuzatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: possession your
So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
- אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
- אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
- אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֑םʾachuzatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: possession your
If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
- מֵאֲחֻזָּת֑וֹmeachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: some of possession his
he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.
- לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃laachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to possession his
But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
- לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃laachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to possession his
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֑םʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
- אֲחֻזָּת֖וֹʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֔םʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
- אֲחֻזַּ֥תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a possession of
Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
- אֲחֻזַּ֥תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
- לַֽאֲחֻזָּֽה׃laachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
- אֲחֻזָּ֔הʾachuzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a possession
If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
- אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,
- אֲחֻזָּת֑וֹʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.
- אֲחֻזַּ֥תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
Numbers
nine uses
Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”
- אֲחֻזָּ֔הʾachuzahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a possession
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
- אֲחֻזַּ֣תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֑הlaachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֖הlaachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
- לַאֲחֻזָּֽה׃laachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
- אֲחֻזַּ֣תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֖םʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
- מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣תmeachuzatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from possession of
because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ʾachuzatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: possession his
Deuteronomy
one use
“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- לַאֲחֻזָּֽה׃laachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
Joshua
six uses
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
- בַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ סbaachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in possession his
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
- אֲחֻזַּ֣תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
- אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֔םʾachuzatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: possession your
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.
- אֲחֻזָּתָם֙ʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
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.
- אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֗םʾachuzatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: possession your
- אֲחֻזַּ֤תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
1 Chronicles
two uses
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙vaachuzatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and possession their
Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
- בַּאֲחֻזָּתָ֖םbaachuzatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in possession their
2 Chronicles
two uses
For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
- וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔םvaachuzatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and property their
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
- לַאֲחֻזָּת֖וֹlaachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to possession his
Nehemiah
one use
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
- בַּאֲחֻזָּתוֹ֙baachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on own property his
Psalms
one use
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗vaachuzatekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and possession your
Ezekiel
fifteen uses
In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.
- וַאֲחֻזָּ֗הvaachuzahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a possession
- אֲחֻזָּתָֽם׃ʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
- לַאֲחֻזָּ֖הlaachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
- וַאֲחֻזַּ֨תvaachuzatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and possession of
Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
- וְלַאֲחֻזַּ֣תvelaachuzatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and of possession of
- אֲחֻזַּ֣תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
- לַֽאֲחֻזָּ֖הlaachuzahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to a possession
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.
- אֲחֻזָּתָ֥םʾachuzatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: possession their
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
- מֵאֲחֻזָּתָ֔םmeachuzatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from possession their
- מֵאֲחֻזָּת֖וֹmeachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: some of own possession his
- מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃meachuzatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from possession his
The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.
- אֲחֻזַּ֖תʾachuzatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: possession of
The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
- וְלַאֲחֻזַּ֪תvelaachuzatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and of possession of
So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
- וּמֵאֲחֻזַּ֤תumeachuzatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from possession of
- וּמֵאֲחֻזַּ֣תumeachuzatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from possession of
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
