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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 48
    spellings

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.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

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.”

    Genesis 17:8

    • 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.”

    Genesis 23:4

    • 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.”

    Genesis 23:9

    • 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.

    Genesis 23:20

    • 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.

    Genesis 36:43

    • 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.

    Genesis 47:11

    • 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.’

    Genesis 48:4

    • 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.

    Genesis 49:30

    • 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.

    Genesis 50:13

    • 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,

    Leviticus 14:34

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:10

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:13

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:24

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:25

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:27

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:28

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:32

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:33

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:34

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:41

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:45

    • 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.

    Leviticus 25:46

    • 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.

    Leviticus 27:16

    • 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.

    Leviticus 27:21

    • 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,

    Leviticus 27:22

    • 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.

    Leviticus 27:24

    • 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.

    Leviticus 27:28

    • 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.”

    Numbers 27:4

    • 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.

    Numbers 27:7

    • 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.”

    Numbers 32:5

    • 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.

    Numbers 32:22

    • 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.

    Numbers 32:29

    • 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.”

    Numbers 32:32

    • 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.

    Numbers 35:2

    • 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.”

    Numbers 35:8

    • 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.

    Numbers 35:28

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:49

    • 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.

    Joshua 21:12

    • 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.

    Joshua 21:41

    • 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.

    Joshua 22:4

    • 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.

    Joshua 22:9

    • 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.

    Joshua 22:19

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 7:28

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 9:2

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 11:14

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 31:1

    • 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—

    Nehemiah 11:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 2:8

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 44:28

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:5

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:6

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:8

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 46:16

    • 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.’”

    Ezekiel 46:18

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 48:20

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 48:21

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 48:22

    • 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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