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possess

Meaning of “possess”

To have, hold, occupy, obtain, or take as one's own.

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106 occurrences98 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 22:17

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Judges 2:6
¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 2:6 · retained source text

¶ And when Ioshua had let the people goe, the children of Israel went euery man vnto his inheritance, to possesse the land.

Judges 11:23
So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 11:23 · retained source text

So nowe the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possesse it?

Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 11:24 · retained source text

Wilt not thou possesse that which Chemosh thy god giueth thee to possesse? so whomsoeuer the LORD our God shal driue out from before vs, them will we possesse.

Judges 18:9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 18:9 · retained source text

And they said, Arise, that we may goe vp against them: for we haue seene the land, and behold, it is very good: and are ye still? Bee not slothfull to goe, and to enter to possesse the land.

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