KJV dictionary & concordance

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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Deuteronomy 2:24

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¶ Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:24 · retained source text

¶ Rise ye vp, take your iourney, and passe ouer the riuer Arnon: Behold, I haue giuen into thy hand Sihon the Amorite king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possesse it, and contend with him in battell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. begin, possesse.

Deuteronomy 2:31

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And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:31 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto mee, Behold, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deuteronomy 3:18

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¶ And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:18 · retained source text

¶ And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath giuen you this land to possesse it: ye shall passe ouer armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the warre.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sonnes of power.

1611 marginal noteNum. 32.20.

Deuteronomy 3:20

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Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:20 · retained source text

Untill the LORD haue giuen rest vnto your brethren, as well as vnto you, and vntill they also possesse the land which the LORD your God hath giuen them beyond Iordan: and then shall ye returne euery man vnto his possession, which I haue giuen you.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 22.4.

Deuteronomy 4:1

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NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the Statutes, and vnto the Iudgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may liue, and goe in and possesse the lande, which the LORD God of your fathers giueth you.

Deuteronomy 4:5

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Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:5 · retained source text

Behold, I haue taught you Statutes, and Iudgements, euen as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so, in the land whither ye goe to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 4:14

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¶ And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:14 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD commanded me at that time, to teach you Statutes, and Iudgements, that yee might doe them in the land whither ye goe ouer to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 4:22

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But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:22 · retained source text

But I must die in this lande, I must not goe ouer Iordan: but ye shall goe ouer and possesse that good land.

Deuteronomy 4:26

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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:26 · retained source text

I call heauen and earth to witnesse against you this day, that ye shall soone vtterly perish from off the land whereunto you goe ouer Iordan, to possesse it: yee shall not prolong your dayes vpon it, but shall vtterly bee destroyed.

Deuteronomy 5:31

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But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 5:31 · retained source text

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speake vnto thee all the Commandements, and the Statutes, and the Iudgements, which thou shalt teach them, that they may doe them in the land which I giue them to possesse it.

Complete reference index — all 98 verses

Genesis 22:17 Genesis 24:60 Leviticus 20:24 Numbers 13:30 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 27:11 Numbers 33:53 Deuteronomy 1:8 Deuteronomy 1:21 Deuteronomy 1:39 Deuteronomy 2:24 Deuteronomy 2:31 Deuteronomy 3:18 Deuteronomy 3:20 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 4:14 Deuteronomy 4:22 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 5:31 Deuteronomy 5:33 Deuteronomy 6:1 Deuteronomy 6:18 Deuteronomy 7:1 Deuteronomy 8:1 Deuteronomy 9:1 Deuteronomy 9:4 Deuteronomy 9:5 Deuteronomy 9:6 Deuteronomy 9:23 Deuteronomy 10:11 Deuteronomy 11:8 Deuteronomy 11:10 Deuteronomy 11:11 Deuteronomy 11:23 Deuteronomy 11:29 Deuteronomy 11:31 Deuteronomy 12:1 Deuteronomy 12:2 Deuteronomy 12:29 Deuteronomy 15:4 Deuteronomy 17:14 Deuteronomy 18:14 Deuteronomy 19:2 Deuteronomy 19:14 Deuteronomy 21:1 Deuteronomy 23:20 Deuteronomy 25:19 Deuteronomy 28:21 Deuteronomy 28:63 Deuteronomy 30:5 Deuteronomy 30:16 Deuteronomy 30:18 Deuteronomy 31:3 Deuteronomy 31:13 Deuteronomy 32:47 Deuteronomy 33:23 Joshua 1:11 Joshua 18:3 Joshua 23:5 Joshua 24:4 Joshua 24:8 Judges 2:6 Judges 11:23 Judges 11:24 Judges 18:9 1 Kings 21:18 1 Chronicles 28:8 Ezra 9:11 Nehemiah 9:15 Nehemiah 9:23 Job 7:3 Job 13:26 Isaiah 14:2 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 34:11 Isaiah 34:17 Isaiah 57:13 Isaiah 61:7 Jeremiah 30:3 Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 33:25 Ezekiel 33:26 Ezekiel 35:10 Ezekiel 36:12 Daniel 7:18 Hosea 9:6 Amos 2:10 Amos 9:12 Obadiah 1:17 Obadiah 1:19 Obadiah 1:20 Habakkuk 1:6 Zephaniah 2:9 Zechariah 8:12 Luke 18:12 Luke 21:19 1 Thessalonians 4:4

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Genesis 22:17 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 9:6 Deuteronomy 18:14 Deuteronomy 32:47 Nehemiah 9:15 Ezekiel 35:10 1 Thessalonians 4:4

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