Strong H5159נַחֲלָה

inheritance

Transliteration: nachălâh
Pronunciation: nakh-al-aw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H5157 (in its usual sense); properly something {inherited} that {is} (abstractly) {occupancy} or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an {estate} patrimony or portion : - {heritage} to {inherit} {inheritance} possession. Compare H5158 .

Detailed definition

1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion

In the Bible

Strong H5159 appears in 191 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

inheritance160
heritage26
become2
inherit2
cause1
possession1

First verses

Genesis 31:14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
Genesis 48:6
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Exodus 15:17
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Numbers 16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Numbers 18:20
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Numbers 18:21
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:26
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
Numbers 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Numbers 26:54
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Numbers 26:56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Numbers 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Numbers 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
Numbers 27:8
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Numbers 27:9
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
Numbers 27:10
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
Numbers 27:11
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 32:18
We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
Numbers 32:19
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.