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Lexicon :: Strong's H5157 - nāḥal

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נָחַל
Transliteration
nāḥal
Pronunciation
naw-khal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1342

Strong’s Definitions

נָחַל nâchal, naw-khal'; a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate:—divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H5157 in the following manner: inherit (30x), inheritance (19x), possess (5x), have (2x), divide (1x), heritage (1x), possession (1x), strong's synonym (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H5157 in the following manner: inherit (30x), inheritance (19x), possess (5x), have (2x), divide (1x), heritage (1x), possession (1x), strong's synonym (2x).
  1. to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess

    1. (Qal)

      1. to take possession, inherit

      2. to have or get as a possession or property (fig.)

      3. to divide the land for a possession

      4. to acquire (testimonies) (fig.)

    2. (Piel) to divide for a possession

    3. (Hithpael) to possess oneself of

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to give as a possession

      2. to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance

    5. (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחַל nâchal, naw-khal'; a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate:—divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
STRONGS H5157: Abbreviations
נָחַל verb denominative get or take as a possession (compare Gerber236 ff.; Ecclus נחל Ecclesiasticus 45:22b +; Late Hebrew id. (rare)); —
Qal Perfect נ׳ Zechariah 2:16; 2nd person masculine singular נָחַלְתָּ Exodus 23:20 + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנְחַלְ Isaiah 57:13; 3rd person masculine plural יִנְחֲלוּ Numbers 18:23 + 5 times; יִנְחָ֑לוּ Numbers 26:55 + 2 times; + 8 times Imperfect; Infinitive נְחֹל Numbers 34:18; Joshua 19:49; —
1. take possession, inherit:
a. land of Canaan, Exodus 23:30 (E), Exodus 32:13 (J), Isaiah 57:13; Ezekiel 47:14; Zoin and Judah Psalm 69:37 [Psalm 69:36].
b. special sections in the land, of tribes and individuals, נחל נחלה Joshua 17:6 (J); נחלה אשׁר נ׳ Deuteronomy 19:14 (D), Numbers 35:8 (P), compare Joshua 14:1 (P); without accusative, have or get a (landed) property, Numbers 18:20, 23, 24; Numbers 26:55; Numbers 32:19; Joshua 16:4; Joshua 19:9 (all P), Judges 11:3.
c. land of Moab and Ammon by conquest Zephaniah 2:9; landed property בכל הנוים Psalm 82:8.
d. God takes possession of Israel as his private property Exodus 34:9 (J); Judah Zechariah 2:16.
2. figurative have or get as a possession, property: testimonies Psalm 119:111, glory Proverbs 3:35, good things Proverbs 28:10, lies Jeremiah 16:19, wind Proverbs 11:29, simplicity Proverbs 14:18.
3. divide the land for a possession, Numbers 34:17, 18; Joshua 19:49 (all P; incorrect pointing for Piel, so SS).
Pi. divide for a possession: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִחַל Joshua 13:32; 3rd person plural נִחֲלוּ Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Infinitive נַחֵל Numbers 34:29 (all P); also Numbers 34:17, 18; Joshua 19:49 (see Qal 3).
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural suffix הִתְנַחֲלוּם Isaiah 24:2; 2nd person masculine plural הִתְנַחַלְתֶּם Leviticus 25:46; Numbers 33:54; Imperfect תִּתְנַחֲלוּ Numbers 34:13; Ezekiel 47:13; תִּתְנֶחָ֑לוּ Numbers 33:54; Infinitive הִתְנַחֵל Numbers 32:18; possess oneself of land (accusative), Numbers 33:54; Numbers 34:13(P) Ezekiel 47:13; נחלה Numbers 32:18 (P); slaves Leviticus 25:46 (P) Isaiah 14:2; absolute, reference to land Numbers 33:54 (P); all with לְ person (for whose benefit), except Numbers 32:18; Numbers 34:13; Isaiah 14:2.
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִנְחַ֫לְתִּי Jeremiah 3:18 + 3 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַנְחִיל Deuteronomy 3:28; יַנְחִל Ezekiel 46:18; 2nd person masculine singular suffix תַּנְחִילֶנָּה Deuteronomy 31:7 + 5 times Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַנְחִיל Isaiah 49:8; Proverbs 8:21; בְּהַנְחֵל Deuteronomy 32:8 (on form compare Ew§ 238 di. 315 Ges§ 53 k; read בְּהַנְחִל ?); suffix הַנְחִילוֺ Deuteronomy 21:16; Participle מַנְחִיל Deuteronomy 12:10; —
1. give as a possession:
a. land of Canaan (given by י׳ or his servants), accusative of person and thing, Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Deuteronomy 12:10; Deuteronomy 19:3; Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 1:6 (all D), Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 12:14.
b. various things, accusative of person and thing, especially blessings, Zechariah 8:12; 1 Samuel 2:8; Proverbs 8:21; accusative of thing Isaiah 49:8; accusative of person Deuteronomy 32:8.
2. cause to inherit, give as an inheritance, with accusative of person and thing, Deuteronomy 21:16; accusative of person + מן thing, Ezekiel 46:18; accusative of person Proverbs 13:22; ל person 1 Chronicles 28:8.
Hoph. Perfect 1st person singular הָנְחַלְתּי Job 7:3 made to possess, with accusative of thing, e.g. months of vanity.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:20; 23:30; 32:13; 34:9

Leviticus

25:46; 25:46

Numbers

18:20; 18:23; 18:23; 18:24; 26:55; 26:55; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18; 32:19; 33:54; 33:54; 33:54; 33:54; 34:13; 34:13; 34:13; 34:17; 34:17; 34:18; 34:18; 34:18; 34:29; 35:8

Deuteronomy

1:38; 3:28; 3:28; 12:10; 12:10; 19:3; 19:14; 21:16; 21:16; 31:7; 31:7; 32:8; 32:8

Joshua

1:6; 13:32; 14:1; 14:1; 16:4; 17:6; 19:9; 19:49; 19:49; 19:49; 19:51

Judges

11:3

1 Samuel

2:8

1 Chronicles

28:8

Job

7:3

Psalms

69:36; 82:8; 119:111

Proverbs

3:35; 8:21; 8:21; 11:29; 13:22; 14:18; 28:10

Isaiah

14:2; 14:2; 24:2; 49:8; 49:8; 57:13; 57:13

Jeremiah

3:18; 3:18; 12:14; 16:19

Ezekiel

46:18; 46:18; 47:13; 47:13; 47:14

Zephaniah

2:9

Zechariah

8:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5157 matches the Hebrew נָחַל (nāḥal),
which occurs 59 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:30–Jer 12:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit H5157 the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit H5157 it for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And ye shall take them as an inheritance H5157 for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance H5157 in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 H5157 no inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 H5157 no inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited H5157 every man his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - For we will not inherit H5157 with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - And ye shall divide H5157  the land by lot for an inheritance H5157 among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:13 - And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit H5157 by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:17 - These are the names of the men which shall divide H5157 the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:18 - And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide H5157  the land by inheritance. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:29 - These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance H5157 unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38 - But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit H5157 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit H5157 the land which thou shalt see.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, H5157 and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, H5157 into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit H5157 in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit H5157 that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit H5157 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the most High divided H5157  to the nations their inheritance, H5157 when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6 - Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance H5157 the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance H5157 in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited H5157 in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance H5157 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4 - So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - Because the daughters of Manasseh had H5157 an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance 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 H5157 within the inheritance of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 - When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance H5157 by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, 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 H5157 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit H5157 in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit H5157 the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance H5157 for your children after you for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I made to possess H5157 months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 - The seed also of his servants shall inherit H5157 it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8 - Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit H5157 all nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage H5157 for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - The wise shall inherit H5157 glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - That I may cause those that love me to inherit H5157 substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that troubleth his own house shall inherit H5157 the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - A good man leaveth an inheritance H5157 to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:18 - The simple inherit H5157 folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:10 - Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess H5157 them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit H5157 the desolate heritages;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess H5157 the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance H5157 unto your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 - Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; H5157 Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

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