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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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Deuteronomy 15:4
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:4 · retained source text

Saue when there shall bee no poore among you: for the LORD shal greatly blesse thee in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it:

1611 marginal noteOr, to the end that there be no poore among you.

Deuteronomy 17:14
¶ When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 17:14 · retained source text

¶ When thou art come vnto the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a King ouer mee, like as all the nations that are about me:

Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:14 · retained source text

For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearkened vnto obseruers of times, and vnto diuiners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to doe.

1611 marginal noteOr, inherit

Deuteronomy 19:2
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:2 · retained source text

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

1611 marginal noteExod. 21.13. num. 35.10. iosh. 20.2.

Deuteronomy 19:14
¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:14 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours land-marke, which they of old time haue set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherite, in the land that the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 21:1
IF one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:1 · retained source text

¶ If one bee found slaine in the lande, which the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it, lying in the fielde, and it bee not knowen who hath slaine him:

Deuteronomy 23:20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 23:20 · retained source text

Unto a stranger thou maiest lend vpon vsury, but vnto thy brother thou shalt not lend vpon vsury: that the LORD thy God may blesse thee, in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whither thou goest to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 25:19
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:19 · retained source text

Therefore it shall bee when the LORD thy God hath giuen thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it; that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen: thou shalt not forget it.

Deuteronomy 28:21
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:21 · retained source text

The LORD shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he haue consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 28:63
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:63 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, that as the LORD reioyced ouer you to doe you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will reioyce ouer you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shalbe plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possesse it.

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