The Hebrew noun achuzzah (אֲחֻזָּה) means possession, property, or holding, especially landed inheritance. It derives from the root achaz (to grasp, seize, possess, H270). The word appears frequently in legal and narrative contexts relating to land ownership in Israel, particularly in the Jubilee and inheritance laws.
The concept of achuzzah is central to the theology of the Promised Land. God gave Canaan to Israel as an achuzzah — a permanent, covenantal possession (Genesis 17:8; 48:4). The Jubilee law (Leviticus 25) protected this possession: no land could be permanently sold from a family because the land belonged ultimately to God: "The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine" (Leviticus 25:23). Possession in Israel was always stewardship under God's ultimate ownership. This principle underlies New Testament giving: we are stewards, not ultimate owners, of everything God has placed in our hands.