# H271 אָחָז

אָחָז (ʼÂchâz), Strong’s H271: Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite KJV: Ahaz.. Occurs 41 times.

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*ʼÂchâz* — Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite

KJV: Ahaz.

Derived from [אָחַז ʼâchaz](https://besorah.bible/word/H270) (to seize)

Occurs 41 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָחָז n.pr.m. (he has grasped)
- 1 king of Judah, son of Jotham, father of Hezekiah
- 2 son of Micah, & great-grandson of Jonathan

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 15:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=38) — Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in…
- [2 Kings 16:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=1) — In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- [2 Kings 16:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=2) — Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which…
- [2 Kings 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=5) — Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz…
- [2 Kings 16:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=7) — So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save…
- [2 Kings 16:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=8) — Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the LORD’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it…
- [2 Kings 16:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=10) — King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and King…
- [2 Kings 16:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=11) — Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it…
- [2 Kings 16:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=15) — King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal…
- [2 Kings 16:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=16) — Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.