To grasp
אָחַזStrong’s H0270achaz (a-chaz)
Appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “drawn”, “took hold” and “have possessions”. It appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.”
Meaning
- Grasp, take hold, seize, take possession(Qal) to grasp, take hold of · (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled · (Piel) to enclose, overlay · (Hophal) fastened
How it's translated
- drawn 3
- and he took hold 3
- and have possessions 2
- it has seized 2
- and they seized 2
- and i took hold 2
- it has seized me 2
- supports 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 9
- Psalms 7
- Judges 5
- 2 Samuel 5
- Genesis 4
- Song of Solomon 4
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
- Genesis 34:10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
- Genesis 47:27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
- Exodus 4:4And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
- Exodus 15:14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
- Exodus 15:15Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
All 63 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אָחַז achaz · to grasp
1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “grasp” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GR'ASP, verb transitive
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms. We say, to grasp with the hand, or with the arms.
- To catch; to seize; to lay hold of; to take possession of.
All definitions and other forms of “grasp”
GR'ASP, verb intransitive
To catch or seize; to gripe.
- To struggle; to strive. [Not in use.]
- To encroach.
GR'ASP, noun
The gripe or seizure of the hand. This seems to be its proper sense; but it denotes also a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
- Possession; hold.
- Reach of the arms; and figuratively, the power of seizing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.