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possessed

Meaning of “possessed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of possess, meaning to have, hold, occupy, obtain, or take as one's own.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
39 occurrences39 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 21:24

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Numbers 21:24
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 21:24 · retained source text

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon vnto Iabok, euen vnto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 12.2. psal. 135.11. amos 2.9.

Numbers 21:35
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
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1611 witness · Numbers 21:35 · retained source text

So they smote him & his sonnes, and all his people, vntill there was none left him aliue, and they possessed his land.

Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:12 · retained source text

And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer which is by the riuer Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites.

1611 marginal noteNum. 32.33. iosh. 13.8. &c.

Deuteronomy 4:47
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:47 · retained source text

And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iordan toward the sun rising,

1611 marginal noteNum. 21.33. chap. 3.3.

Deuteronomy 30:5
And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:5 · retained source text

And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possesse it: and he will doe thee good, and multiply thee aboue thy fathers.

Joshua 1:15
Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
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1611 witness · Joshua 1:15 · retained source text

Untill the LORD haue giuen your brethren rest, as he hath giuen you, and they also haue possessed the lande which the LORD your God giueth them: then yee shall returne vnto the land of your possession, and enioy it, which Moses the LORDs seruant gaue you on this side Iordan toward the Sunne rising.

Joshua 12:1
NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
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1611 witness · Joshua 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Iordan, toward the rising of the Sunne: from the riuer Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and all the plaine on the East.

Joshua 13:1
NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
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1611 witness · Joshua 13:1 · retained source text

¶ Now Ioshua was old and stricken in yeeres, and the LORD saide vnto him; Thou art old, and stricken in yeres, and there remaineth yet very much land to bee possessed.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to possesse it.

Joshua 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
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1611 witness · Joshua 19:47 · retained source text

And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went vp to fight against Leshem, and tooke it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

1611 marginal noteIudg. 18.19.

Joshua 21:43
¶ And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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1611 witness · Joshua 21:43 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD gaue vnto Israel all the land which hee sware to giue vnto their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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Held by lawful title; occupied; enjoyed; affected by demons or invisible agents.

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