Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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Possess
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1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
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Genesis
22 verses
Leviticus
11 verses
Numbers
44 verses
Deuteronomy
5250 verses
Joshua
65 verses
Judges
64 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Job
22 verses
Isaiah
66 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Ezekiel
55 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Amos
22 verses
Obadiah
63 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Zephaniah
11 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Luke
22 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
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יָרַשׁ
yârash · yaw-rash'
95 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 22:17Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:6
Open full H3423 profile →נָחַל
nâchal · naw-khal'
5 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Strong's KJV usage: divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 7:3Strong's last: Zechariah 8:12
Open full H5157 profile →κτάομαι
ktáomai · ktah'-om-ahee
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to get, i.e. acquire (by any means; own)
Strong's KJV usage: :--obtain, possess, provide, purchase.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 18:12Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:4
Open full G2932 profile →חֲסַן
chăçan · khas-an'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to hold in occupancy
Strong's KJV usage: possess.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 7:18Strong's last: Daniel 7:18
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H3423
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
H5157
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
H3423
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
H5157
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
H3423
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
H3423
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
H3423
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
H5157
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
H3423
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
H3423
For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
H3423
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
H3423
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
H3423
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
H3423
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
H3423
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
H2631
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
H3423
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
H3423
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
H3423
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
H3423
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
H3423
And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
H3423
And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
no direct Strong's tag
And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
no direct Strong's tag
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
H3423
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
English meaning and historical usage.
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possess
POSSESS', verb transitive [Latin possessus, possideo, a compound of po, a Russian preposition, perhaps by, and sedeo, to sit; to sit in or on.
1. To have the just and legal title, ownership or property of a thing; to own; to hold the title of, as the rightful proprietor, or to hold both the title and the thing. A man may possess the farm which he cultivates, or he may possess an estate in a foreign country, not in his own occupation. He may possess many farms which are occupied by tenants. In this as in other cases, the original sense of the word is enlarged, the holding or tenure being applied to the title or right, as well as to the thing itself.
2. To hold; to occupy without title or ownership.
I raise up the Chaldeans, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. Habakkuk 1:6.
Neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own. Acts 4:32.
3. To have; to occupy. The love of the world usually possesses the heart.
4. To seize; to gain; to obtain the occupation of.
The English marched towards the river Eske, intending to possess a hill called Under-Eske.
5. To have power over; as an invisible agent or spirit.
Luke 8:36.
Beware what spirit rages in your breast;
For ten inspired, ten thousand are possess'd.
6. To affect by some power.
Let not your ears despise my tongue,
Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
That ever yet they heard.
To possess of, or with, more properly to possess of, is to give possession, command or occupancy.
Of fortune's favor long possess'd
This possesses us of the most valuable blessing of human life, friendship.
To possess one's self of, to take or gain possession or command; to make one's self master of.
We possessed ourselves of the kingdom of Naples.
To possess with, to furnish or fill with something permanent; or to be retained.
It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention.
If they are possessed with honest minds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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