🔼The name Ahuzzath: Summary
- Meaning
- Possession
- Etymology
- From the verb אחז (ahaz), to seize or grasp.
🔼The name Ahuzzath in the Bible
There's only one man named Ahuzzath in the Bible, and he's mentioned only once. Ahuzzath is the advisor of Abimelech of Gerar, who comes to Isaac to make peace (Genesis 26:26).
🔼Etymology of the name Ahuzzath
The name Ahuzzath comes from the verb אחז (ahaz), meaning to grasp or take hold of:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אחז
The verb אחז (ahaz) means to seize, grasp, take hold of or be (mechanically) attached to. Noun אחזה (ahuzza) means possession.
🔼Ahuzzath meaning
The name's final letter taw is probably the result of the construction of a noun that otherwise doesn't occur in the Bible. For a meaning of the name Ahuzzath, BDB Theological Dictionary and NOBSE Study Bible Name List both read Possession. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes the similar A Possession.