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title: אָחָז — Ahaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָחָז (271), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: Ahaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָחָז

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«אָחָז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahaz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 41 times · **Key:** 271 · **BDB:** אָחָז

### Glosses

Ahaz (34); of.Ahaz (6); \[was\].Ahaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/271/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/271/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (he hath grasped, abbrev. for יהואחז (q.v.) cf. Assyrian Ia-u-ḫa-zi (i.e. Ahaz) COT on 2 K 16:8) king of Judah, son of Jotham, father of Hezekiah 2 K 15:38; 16:1, 2, 5, 7, 8 + 13 times 2 K; Is 1:1; 7:1, 3, 10, 12; 14:28; 38:8; 1 Ch 3:13, 2 Ch 27:9 + 8 times 2 Ch; Ho 1:1 Mi 1:1. son of Micah, \& great-grandson of Jonathan 1 Ch 8:35, 36; 9:42 (+ 9:41 cf. 𝔊L 𝔙).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָחָז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/271/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.10/)

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וַיּ֣וֹסֶף יְהוָ֔ה דַּבֵּ֥ר אֶל־אָחָ֖ז לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.repeated Yahweh to.speak to Ahaz (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying:

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[1 Chronicles 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.13/)

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אָחָ֥ז בְּנ֛וֹ חִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].Ahaz son his \[was\].Hezekiah son his \[was\].Manasseh son his

*JPS 1917:* Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son;

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