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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 d Köi. 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

H5157

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - I will drive them out a little at a time until your population has increased enough to take possession of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.[fn] You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, “O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - And the LORD said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - Only the Levites may serve at the Tabernacle, and they will be held responsible for any offenses against it. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation. The Levites will receive no allotment of land among the Israelites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - because I have given them the Israelites’ tithes, which have been presented as sacred offerings to the LORD. This will be the Levites’ share. That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return to our homes until all the people of Israel have received their portions of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:13 - Then Moses told the Israelites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. The LORD has commanded that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:17 - “Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:18 - Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:29 - These are the men the LORD has appointed to divide the grants of land in Canaan among the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more towns to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer. Each tribe will give property in proportion to the size of its land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38 - Instead, your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will lead the people into the land. Encourage him, for he will lead Israel as they take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - Instead, commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead the people across the Jordan. He will give them all the land you now see before you as their possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the LORD your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you’re living safely in the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Survey the territory,[fn] and divide the land the LORD your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - “When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone’s land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - When the man divides his inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves, as if he were the firstborn son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High assigned lands to the nations,
when he divided up the human race,
he established the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number in his heavenly court.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6 - “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4 - This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - because the female descendants of Manasseh received a grant of land along with the male descendants. (The land of Gilead was given to the rest of the male descendants of Manasseh.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - Their allocation of land came from part of what had been given to Judah because Judah’s territory was too large for them. So the tribe of Simeon received an allocation within the territory of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 - After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting sacred lots in the presence of the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] at Shiloh. So the division of the land was completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father’s inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the LORD’s,
and he has set the world in order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - “So now, with God as our witness, and in the sight of all Israel—the LORD’s assembly—I give you this charge. Be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land and leave it to your children as a permanent inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - I, too, have been assigned months of futility,
long and weary nights of misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 - The descendants of those who obey him will inherit the land,
and those who love him will live there in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8 - Rise up, O God, and judge the earth,
for all the nations belong to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:111

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your laws are my treasure;
they are my heart’s delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - The wise inherit honor,
but fools are put to shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:18 - Simpletons are clothed with foolishness,[fn]
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:10 - Those who lead good people along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,
but the honest will inherit good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The nations of the world will help the LORD’s people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - This is what the LORD says:
“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[fn]
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - Let’s see if your idols can save you
when you cry to them for help.
Why, a puff of wind can knock them down!
If you just breathe on them, they fall over!
But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land
and possess my holy mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the people of Judah and Israel will return together from exile in the north. They will return to the land I gave their ancestors as an inheritance forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 - Now this is what the LORD says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.

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