Possession
Bible Usage:
- possess used 106 times.
- possessed used 39 times.
- possessest used once.
- possesseth used twice.
- possessing used once.
- possession used 104 times.
- possessions used 13 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 17:8
- Last Reference: Ephesians 1:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H272 Used 57 times
- H3423 Used 5 times
- H3424 Used 2 times
- H3425 Used 10 times
- H4180 Used 1 time
- H4181 Used 6 times
- H4480 Used 8 times
- H4735 Used 3 times
- H4736 Used 1 time
- H5157 Used 1 time
- H5159 Used 1 time
- H7272 Used 1 time
- G2697 Used 2 times
- G2933 Used 1 time
- G4047 Used 1 time
POSSES'SION, noun The having, holding or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy, either rightful or wrongful. One man may have the possession of a thing, and another may have the right of possession or property.
If the possession is severed from the property; if A has the right of property, and B by unlawful means has gained possession this is an injury to adjective This is a bare or naked possession
In bailment, the bailee, who receives goods to convey, or to keep for a time, has the possession of the goods, and a temporary right over them, but not the property. Property in possession includes both the right and the occupation. Long undisturbed possession is presumptive proof of right or property in the possessor.
1. The thing possessed; land, estate or goods owned; as foreign possessions.
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Obadiah 1:17.
When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:22.
2. Any thing valuable possessed or enjoyed. Christian peace of mind is the best possession of life.
3. The state of being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession
Writ of possession a precept directing a sheriff to put a person in peaceable possession of property recovered in ejectment.
To take possession to enter on, or to bring within one's power or occupancy.
To give possession to put in another's power or occupancy.
POSSES'SION, verb transitive To invest with property. [Not used.]
POSSES'SIONER, noun One that has possession of a thing, or power over it. [Little used.]
Bible Usage:
- possess used 106 times.
- possessed used 39 times.
- possessest used once.
- possesseth used twice.
- possessing used once.
- possession used 104 times.
- possessions used 13 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 17:8
- Last Reference: Ephesians 1:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H272 Used 57 times
- H3423 Used 5 times
- H3424 Used 2 times
- H3425 Used 10 times
- H4180 Used 1 time
- H4181 Used 6 times
- H4480 Used 8 times
- H4735 Used 3 times
- H4736 Used 1 time
- H5157 Used 1 time
- H5159 Used 1 time
- H7272 Used 1 time
- G2697 Used 2 times
- G2933 Used 1 time
- G4047 Used 1 time