Ahasai — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַחְזַי

אַחְזַי

ʼAchzay · pronounced akh-zah'ee · Strong's H273 · a man

Ahasai means seizer.

Built from

אָחַז ʼâchaz (from, H270) — to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H270; seizer; Achzai, an Israelite.

First appearance

Neh 11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, (KJV)

Every verse that names Ahasai

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Nehemiah

Neh 11:13

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