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H0270אָחַזa.chaz

to graspPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 5
  8. 2
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 5
  11. 3
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. 1
  18. 9
  19. 7
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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68 occurrences in 63 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:18

    It is good that thou shouldest take hold of the one; yea, also from the other withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God shall discharge himself of them all.

    תֶּאֱחֹ֣ז te.'e.Choz “you will take hold”

  2. Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

    שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ (נֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙) ne.'e.cha.Zim “[are] caught”הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת (אֲחֻז֖וֹת) 'a.chu.Zot “are caught”

  3. Song of Songs 2:15

    'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.'

    אֶֽחֱזוּ־ 'e.che.zu- “seize”

  4. Song of Songs 3:4

    Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

    אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ (אֲחַזְתִּי) 'a.chaz.Ti “I grasped”

  5. Song of Songs 3:8

    They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night.

    אֲחֻ֣זֵי 'a.Chu.zei “[are] grasped of”

  6. Song of Songs 7:9

    I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;

    אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה 'o.cha.Zah “I will take hold”

  7. Isaiah 5:29

    Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions, yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

    וְיֹאחֵ֣ז (יֹאחֵ֣ז) yo.Chez “it may seize”

  8. Isaiah 13:8

    And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

    יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן (יֹֽאחֵז֔וּ) yo.che.Zu “they will seize [them]”

  9. Isaiah 21:3

    Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.

    אֲחָז֔וּנִי (אֲחָז֔וּ) 'a.cha.Zu. “they have seized”

  10. Isaiah 33:14

    The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?'

    אָחֲזָ֥ה 'a.cha.Zah “it has seized”

  11. Jeremiah 13:21

    What wilt thou say, when He shall set the friends over thee as head, whom thou thyself hast trained against thee? Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

    יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ (יֹאחֱז֔וּ) yo.che.Zu “will they seize”

  12. Jeremiah 49:24

    Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

    אֲחָזַ֖תָּה (אֲחָזַ֖תָּ) 'a.cha.Za.ta “it will seize”

  13. Ezekiel 41:6

    And the side-chambers were one over another, three and thirty times; and there were cornices in the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.

    אֲחוּזִ֑ים 'a.chu.Zim “supports”אֲחוּזִ֖ים 'a.chu.Zim “supports”