ح و ذ h-w-dh
VERBVerb #762Verbs
اسْتَحْوَذَ
istah-wadha
(lit., to take hold of) to have the upper hand over someone

Definition

  1. 1اسْتَحْوَذَistah-wadhato take hold / have the upper hand2
Total uses in the Qur’an: 2

Qur’anic usage

Sense 1
اسْتَحْوَذَ · نَسْتَحْوِذْ
اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّيْطَانُ
Satan has taken hold of them.
58:19draft glosses: 3 of 3
أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ
Did we not have the upper hand over you?
4:141draft glosses: 3 of 3

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