KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of possess, meaning to have, hold, occupy, obtain, or take as one's own.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 21:24
Complete exact-word concordance
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
The people of thy holinesse haue possessed it but a little while: our aduersaries haue troden downe thy Sanctuarie.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Held by lawful title; occupied; enjoyed; affected by demons or invisible agents.
