Original Language Studio
Judges 16:21
“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָחַזʼâchaz · aw-khaz'
H270 · Hebrew
H270 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֹּאחֲז֣וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- הוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 68 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:13Genesis 25:26Genesis 34:10Genesis 47:27Exodus 4:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָחַז here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.