achuzzah (possession)

Meaning

Possession, propertyland · possession by inheritance

How it's translated

possession his 9
to a possession 8
possession of 8
possession their 7
to a possession of 5
possession your 4
a possession of 3
a possession 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Leviticus 18
Ezekiel 10
Genesis 9
Numbers 9
Joshua 5
1 Chronicles 2

10 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Genesis 23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 23:9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
Genesis 23:20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Genesis 36:43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Genesis 47:11And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 48:4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

All 58 verses, by book

Genesis 9: 17:8 23:4 23:9 23:20 36:43 47:11 48:4 49:30 50:13
Leviticus 18: 14:34 25:10 25:13 25:24 25:25 25:27 25:28 25:32 25:33 25:34 25:41 25:45 25:46 27:16 27:21 27:22 27:24 27:28
Numbers 9: 27:4 27:7 32:5 32:22 32:29 32:32 35:2 35:8 35:28
Deuteronomy 1: 32:49
Joshua 5: 21:12 21:41 22:4 22:9 22:19
1 Chronicles 2: 7:28 9:2
2 Chronicles 2: 11:14 31:1
Nehemiah 1: 11:3
Psalms 1: 2:8
Ezekiel 10: 44:28 45:5 45:6 45:7 45:8 46:16 46:18 48:20 48:21 48:22

Hebrew dictionary

אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah · possession

1) possession, property 1a) land 1b) possession by inheritance

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “possession” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

POSSES'SION, noun

The having, holding or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy, either rightful or wrongful. One man may have the possession of a thing, and another may have the right of possession or property.

The thing possessed; land, estate or goods owned; as foreign possessions.“The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions” Obadiah 1:17“When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions” Matthew 19:22
Any thing valuable possessed or enjoyed.
The state of being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession

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POSSES'SION, verb transitive

To invest with property. [Not used.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.