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Lexicon :: Strong's H5159 - naḥălâ

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נַחֲלָה
Transliteration
naḥălâ
Pronunciation
nakh-al-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From נָחַל (H5157) (in its usual sense)
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TWOT Reference: 1342a

Strong’s Definitions

נַחֲלָה nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'; from H5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion:—heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 222x

The KJV translates Strong's H5159 in the following manner: inheritance (192x), heritage (27x), inherit (2x), possession (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 222x
The KJV translates Strong's H5159 in the following manner: inheritance (192x), heritage (27x), inherit (2x), possession (1x).

  1. possession, property, inheritance, heritage

    1. property

    2. portion, share

    3. inheritance, portion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נַחֲלָה nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'; from H5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion:—heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158.
STRONGS H5159: Abbreviations
נַחֲלָה 224 noun feminine possession, property, inheritance (originally gift; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew); — נ׳ Numbers 18:23 +; נַחֲלָת Psalm 16:6 (Ges§ 90g), read נַחֲלָתִי Ew SS We Köii. 1, 425; construct נַחֲלַת Joshua 13:23; suffix נַחֲלָתִי Ruth 4:6; נַחֲלַתְכֶם Psalm 105:11; plural נְחָלוֺת Isaiah 49:8, נְחָלֹת Joshua 19:51;
1. property:
a. in Canaan given by י׳ to Israel, נחלת ישׂראל Judges 20:6; יעקב נ׳ Isaiah 58:14, especially † אֲשֶׁר נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה Deuteronomy 4:21; Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 19:10; Deuteronomy 20:16; Deuteronomy 21:28; Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 26:1 (all D); הנחלה אשׁר הנחלתי את עמי Jeremiah 12:14.
b. distributive among tribes: לְ נתן נ׳ Numbers 16:14; Numbers 36:2; Joshua 14:3 (restore לְ), Joshua 17:4, 14; Joshua 19:49 (all P); לְ נתן לנ׳ Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:13 (all D2); נָָֽחֲלוּ נחלה Joshua 17:6(J); תֵּחָלֵק בּנ׳ Numbers 26:53, 56 (P); נפל בּנחלה Numbers 34:2 (P), Judges 18:1; Ezekiel 47:22; הפיל בנ׳ Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:4 (D2), Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 47:22, also Ezekiel 47:22 (Co reads ב for מ).
c. nations as possession of the people, Psalm 111:6; of the king Psalm 2:8.
d. Levites have no property in the land Numbers 18:23, 24; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; their possession is י׳ Numbers 18:20 (P); הוּא נחלתו י׳ Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 18:2; Joshua 13:14, 33 (all D); the tithes Numbers 18:21, 24, 26 (P).
e. † י׳ takes Israel as his property, 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Kings 8:53; 2 Kings 21:14; Isaiah 19:25; Micah 7:18; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 68:10; Psalm 106:5; עם נחלה Deuteronomy 4:20 (D2); עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 9:26, 29 (D), 1 Kings 8:51; || עַם Isaiah 47:6; Joel 2:17; Joel 4:2; Micah 7:14; Psalm 28:9; Psalm 78:62; Psalm 78:71; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 94:14; Psalm 106:40; נחלת י׳ 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 21:3; אלהים נ׳ 2 Samuel 14:16; יעקב חבל נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:9; שׁבט נ׳ Jeremiah 10:16 = Jeremiah 51:19, Psalm 74:2; שׁבטי נ׳ Isaiah 63:17; also, the holy mountain Exodus 15:17 (song), temple Jeremiah 12:7; Psalm 79:1, land Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 12:8, 9; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 50:11.
† 2. portion, share:
a. assigned by God, Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 37:18; Psalm 127:3; elsewhere || חֵלֶק Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Job 31:2.
b. by choice, || חֵלֶק, לנו בבן ישׁי לא נ׳ 2 Samuel 20:1 we have no share in the son of Jesse = 1 Kings 12:16 2 Chronicles 10:16.
3. inheritance (45 times) חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה בְּבֵית אָבִּינוּ Genesis 31:14 (E) portion or inheritance in the house of our father; לְ העביר נ׳ Numbers 27:7, 8 (P) cause the inheritance to pass unto; לְ נתן נ׳ Numbers 27:9, 10, 11 (P), Job 42:15; נחלת אבות Numbers 36:3, 8; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; Proverbs 19:14; לבניו תהיה נ׳ Ezekiel 46:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:14

Exodus

15:17

Numbers

16:14; 18:20; 18:21; 18:23; 18:23; 18:24; 18:24; 18:26; 26:53; 26:56; 27:7; 27:8; 27:9; 27:10; 27:11; 34:2; 36:2; 36:3; 36:8

Deuteronomy

4:20; 4:21; 9:26; 9:29; 10:9; 10:9; 12:12; 15:4; 18:2; 19:10; 20:16; 24:4; 25:19; 26:1; 29:7; 32:9

Joshua

11:23; 13:6; 13:14; 13:23; 13:33; 14:3; 14:13; 17:4; 17:6; 17:14; 19:49; 19:51; 23:4

Judges

18:1; 20:6

Ruth

4:6

1 Samuel

10:1; 26:19

2 Samuel

14:16; 20:1; 20:19; 21:3

1 Kings

8:51; 8:53; 12:16; 21:3; 21:4

2 Kings

21:14

2 Chronicles

10:16

Job

20:29; 27:13; 31:2; 42:15

Psalms

2:8; 16:6; 28:9; 33:12; 37:18; 68:10; 74:2; 78:62; 78:71; 79:1; 94:5; 94:14; 105:11; 106:5; 106:40; 111:6; 127:3

Proverbs

19:14

Isaiah

19:25; 47:6; 49:8; 54:17; 58:14; 63:17

Jeremiah

2:7; 10:16; 12:7; 12:8; 12:9; 12:14; 16:18; 50:11; 51:19

Ezekiel

45:1; 46:16; 47:22; 47:22; 47:22

Joel

2:17

Micah

7:14; 7:18

H5159

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Strong's Number H5159 matches the Hebrew נַחֲלָה (naḥălâ),
which occurs 222 times in 191 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Deu 21:23–Jdg 2:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance H5159 to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:1 - And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, H5159 and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:8 - And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance H5159 unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance H5159 unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, H5159 as I have commanded thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance H5159 unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 - With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, H5159 which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; H5159 the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, H5159 as he said unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance H5159 of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: H5159 the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, H5159 as he said unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - By lot was their inheritance, H5159 as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance H5159 of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance H5159 among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, H5159 and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 - And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Hebron therefore became the inheritance H5159 of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance H5159 on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance H5159 of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance H5159 among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance H5159 among the brethren of their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance H5159 among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, H5159 seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 - And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:4 - Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance H5159 of them; and they shall come again to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: H5159 and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance H5159 beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance H5159 of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance H5159 of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance H5159 was within the inheritance H5159 of the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - And they had in their inheritance H5159 Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance H5159 of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance H5159 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance H5159 was unto Sarid:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:41 - And the coast of their inheritance H5159 was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 - When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance H5159 to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, H5159 which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, H5159 at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance H5159 for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:28 - So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried him in the border of his inheritance H5159 in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance H5159 of the children of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 - And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance H5159 to possess the land.

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