Strong's Hebrew · H272
אֲחֻזָּה
ʼăchuzzâh · akh-ooz-zaw'
possession.
Definition
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Derivation
feminine passive participle from H270 (אָחַז);
Appears 66 times in Scripture
“They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.”
“And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.””
“So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.”
“So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”
““I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.””
“Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.”
“As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.”
“The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.”
“to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.””
“and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).