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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body is not to be left overnight on the [fn]tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - then her former husband who [fn]sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, after [fn]she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - “So it shall come about, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies in the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance H5159 to [fn]possess, that you shall wipe out the mention of the name Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:1 -

“Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance H5159, and you take possession of it and live in it,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:8 - and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance H5159 to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 -

“For the LORD’S portion is His people;

Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, in accordance with everything that the LORD had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance H5159 to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. So the land was at rest from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - “All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will [fn]drive out from the sons of Israel; only allot it to Israel as an inheritance H5159 as I have commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - “Now therefore, apportion this land as an inheritance H5159 to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 -

With [fn]the other half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance H5159 which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance H5159; the offerings by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are [fn]their inheritance H5159, as He spoke to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - The border of the sons of Reuben was the [fn]Jordan. This was the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This is the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance H5159; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance H5159, as He had [fn]promised to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - by the lot of their inheritance H5159, just as the LORD commanded [fn]through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance H5159 of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance H5159 to the Levites among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - “So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘The land on which your foot has walked shall certainly be an inheritance H5159 to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:13 -

So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance H5159 of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD God of Israel fully.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 -

This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance H5159 eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border continued westward to the [fn]brook of Kanah, and [fn]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance H5159 among our brothers.” So in accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD he gave them an inheritance H5159 among their father’s brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance H5159 among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 -

Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion as an inheritance H5159, though I am a numerous people whom the LORD has blessed up to this point?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 -

But there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:4 - “Provide for yourselves three men from [fn]each tribe so that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance H5159; then they shall [fn]return to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is [fn]their inheritance H5159. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance H5159 eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and according to its borders all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 -

Then the second lot went to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance H5159 was in the midst of the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:2 - So they had in their inheritance H5159 Beersheba or [fn]Sheba and Moladah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the [fn]Negev. This was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance H5159 of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, because the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of [fn]Judah’s inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 -

Now the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory of their inheritance H5159 was as far as Sarid.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This was the inheritance H5159 of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:41 - The territory of their inheritance H5159 was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 -

When they finished apportioning the land for inheritance by its borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance H5159 among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 -

These are the inheritances H5159 which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned by lot in Shiloh before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance H5159 these cities with their pasture lands, in accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance H5159 for your tribes, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the [fn]west.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:28 - Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance H5159, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 -

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the plot of land which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred [fn]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance H5159 of Joseph’s sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 -

When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went, each one to his inheritance H5159, to take possession of the land.


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