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Lexicon :: Strong's H5159 - naḥălâ

Aa
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 -

They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, 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 in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 -

“Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel’s territory, because they have committed a wicked outrage in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 -

The Benjaminites did this and took the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and lived in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 -

At that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and family. Each returned from there to his own inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 -

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you will acquire[fn] Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased man, to perpetuate the man’s name on his property.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 -

The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 -

“I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 -

Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 -

“Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the LORD who has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go and worship other gods.’

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 -

“The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 -

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,

no inheritance in Jesse’s son.

Each man to his tent,[fn] Israel!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 -

“I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the LORD’s inheritance? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:3 -

He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on[fn] the LORD’s inheritance? ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 -

may you hear in heaven

and forgive the sin of your servants

and your people Israel,

so that you may teach them to walk on the good way.

May you send rain on your land

that you gave your people for an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:51 -

For they are your people and your inheritance;

you brought them out of Egypt,

out of the middle of an iron furnace.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 -

For you, Lord GOD, have set them apart as your inheritance

from all peoples of the earth,

as you spoke through your servant Moses

when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 -

When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:

What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Israel, return to your tents;

David, now look after your own house!

So Israel went to their tents,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 -

But Naboth said to Ahab, “As the LORD is my witness, I will never give my ancestors’ inheritance to you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 -

So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, “I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 -

“I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 -

“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 -

may you hear in heaven

and forgive the sin of your servants

and your people Israel,

so that you may teach them the good way

they should walk in.

May you send rain on your land

that you gave your people for an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 -

When all Israel saw[fn] that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king:

What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Israel, each to your tent;

David, look after your own house now!

So all Israel went to their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:20 -

The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 -

This is the wicked person’s lot from God,

the inheritance God ordained for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 -

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,

the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 -

For what portion would I have from God above,

or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:15 -

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 -

“Ask of me,

and I will make the nations your inheritance

and the ends of the earth your possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -

The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 -

Save your people, bless your possession,

shepherd them, and carry them forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 -

Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD —

the people he has chosen to be his own possession!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:18 -

The LORD watches over the blameless all their days,

and their inheritance will last forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 -

He chooses for us our inheritance —

the pride of Jacob, whom he loves.Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 -

You, God, showered abundant rain;

you revived your inheritance when it languished.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 -

Remember your congregation,

which you purchased long ago

and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.

Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He drove out nations before them.

He apportioned their inheritance by lot

and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:62 -

He surrendered his people to the sword

because he was enraged with his heritage.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 -

he brought him from tending ewes

to be shepherd over his people Jacob —

over Israel, his inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 -

God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,

desecrated your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 -

LORD, they crush your people;

they oppress your heritage.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 -

The LORD will not leave his people

or abandon his heritage,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:11 -

“I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 -

so that I may enjoy the prosperity

of your chosen ones,

rejoice in the joy of your nation,

and boast about your heritage.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 -

Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against his people,

and he abhorred his own inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 -

He has shown his people the power of his works

by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 -

Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD,

offspring, a reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:12 -

He gave their land as an inheritance,

an inheritance to his people Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:21 -

and gave their land as an inheritance,

His faithful love endures forever.


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