אָחַז, to press, seize, hold, keep; to befall. Snh. 27ᵇ אוֹחֲזִין מעשה וכ׳ holding in their hands the doing of their fathers, i.e. following their father’s example. Bekh. 33ᵇ אֲחָזוֹ דם he had an attack of congestion. Y. Pes. I, 28ᵇ אֲחוּזַת הדם the animal attacked with congestion. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᶜ bot. אֲחָזַתֹּו עין a pain in the eye seized him. Ib. XIX, end, 17ᵇ אחזתו חמה fever overtook him; a. fr.—אָחַז בְּ־ to have a hold of.—B. Mets. I, 1. Y. Yoma II, 39ᶜ top; a. fr.—Part. pass. אָחוּזholding fast, having a firm hold. Ex. R. s. 46 (v. אֲחַד).
אָחַז, א׳ את העינים to capture the eyesight, to delude by optical deception. Snh. 65ᵇ; a. e.