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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (Jdg 2:9–Psa 136:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9 - And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance H5159 in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 -

In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance H5159 for themselves to live in, for until that day the land among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them as an inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “And I seized my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance H5159; for they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the sons of Benjamin did so and carried away wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they stole away. And they went and returned to their inheritance H5159 and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - Then the sons of Israel went away from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and each one of them went out from there to his inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz said, “On the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also [fn]acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the one who had died, in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance H5159.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - So the kinsman redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance H5159. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - “And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the one who had died, on behalf of his inheritance H5159, so that the name of the one who had died will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 -

Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him, and said, “Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over His inheritance H5159?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “So now, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance H5159 of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - ‘For the king will listen [fn]and deliver his maidservant from the [fn]hand of the man who would destroy [fn]both me and my son from the inheritance H5159 of God.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 -

Now a vile fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,

“We have no portion in David,

Nor do we have inheritance H5159 in the son of Jesse;

Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - “I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to put to death a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance H5159 of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:3 - Thus David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance H5159 of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51 - (for they are Your people and Your inheritance H5159 which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - “For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance H5159, as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your [fn]servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 -

Then all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king with this word, saying,

“What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance H5159 in the son of Jesse;

To your tents, O Israel!

Now see to your own house, David!”

So Israel went to their tents.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth said to Ahab, “Yahweh forbid me that I should give you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab came into his house sullen and enraged because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, “I will not give you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no [fn]food.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance H5159 and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 -

Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,

As the portion of your inheritance H5159,”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 -

Now all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king, saying,

“What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance H5159 in the son of Jesse.

Every man to your tents, O Israel;

Now see to your own house, David.”

So all Israel went to their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:20 - The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 -

“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,

Even the inheritance H5159 decreed to him by God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 -

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the inheritance H5159 which the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 -

“And what is the portion of God from above

Or the inheritance H5159 of the Almighty from on high?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:15 - Now in all the land no women were found so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance H5159 among their brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 -

‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the [fn]nations as Your inheritance H5159,

And the ends of the earth as Your possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Indeed, my inheritance H5159 is beautiful to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 -

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance H5159;

Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 -

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,

The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:18 -

Yodh

Yahweh knows the days of the [fn]blameless,

And their inheritance H5159 will be forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 -

He chooses our inheritance H5159 for us,

The pride of Jacob whom He loves. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 -

You caused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;

You established Your inheritance H5159 when it was [fn]parched.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 -

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,

Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance H5159;

And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He also drove out the nations before them

And apportioned them for an inheritance H5159 by measurement,

And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 -

He also gave over His people to the sword,

And [fn]was filled with wrath at His inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 -

From following the [fn]nursing ewes He brought him

To shepherd Jacob His people,

And Israel His inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 -

A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance H5159;

They have defiled Your holy temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 -

They crush Your people, O Yahweh,

And afflict Your inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 -

For Yahweh will not abandon His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:11 -

Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

As the [fn]portion of your inheritance H5159,”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 -

That I may see the goodness of Your chosen ones,

That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

That I may boast with Your [fn]inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 -

So the anger of Yahweh was kindled against His people

And He abhorred His [fn]inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 -

Kaph

He has declared to His people the power of His works,

Lamedh

In giving them an inheritance H5159 of the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 -

Behold, children are [fn]an inheritance H5159 of Yahweh,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:12 -

And He gave their land as an inheritance H5159,

An inheritance H5159 to Israel His people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:21 -

And gave their land as an inheritance H5159,

For His lovingkindness endures forever,


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