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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 1 / 4 (Gen 31:14–Deu 20:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Rachel H7354 and Leah H3812 said H559 to him, “Do we still H5750 have any share H2506 or inheritance H5159 in our father’s H1 house H1004?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - “But your children H4138 that you have fathered H3205 after H310 them shall be yours; they shall be called H7121 by the [fn]names H8034 of their brothers H251 in their inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:17 -

“You will bring H935 them and plant H5193 them in the mountain H2022 of Your inheritance H5159,

The place H4349, LORD H3068, which You have made H6466 as Your dwelling H3427,

The sanctuary H4720, Lord H136, which Your hands H3027 have established H3559.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Indeed H637, you have not brought H935 us into a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, nor H3808 have you given H5414 us an inheritance H5159 of fields H7704 and vineyards H3754. Would you gouge H5365 out H5365 the eyes H5869 of [fn]these H1992 men H376? We will not come H5927 up H5927!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Aaron H175, “You shall have no H3808 inheritance H5157 in their land H776 nor H3808 own H1961 any portion H2506 among H8432 them; I am your portion H2506 and your inheritance H5159 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 -

“To the sons H1121 of Levi H3878, behold H2009, I have given H5414 all H3605 the tithe H4643 in Israel H3478 as an inheritance H5159, in H2500 return H2500 for H2500 their service H5656 which H834 they perform H5647, the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites H3881 shall perform H5647 the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and they shall bear H5375 their own guilt H5771; it shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout your generations H1755, and among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 they shall have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - “For the tithe H4643 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, which H834 they offer H7311 as an offering H8641 to the LORD H3068, I have given H5414 to the Levites H3881 as an inheritance H5159; therefore H5921 H3651 I have said H559 concerning them, ‘They shall have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - “Moreover, you shall speak H1696 to the Levites H3881 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you take H3947 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 the tithe H4643 which H834 I have given H5414 you from them for your inheritance H5159, then you shall present H7311 an offering H8641 from it to the LORD H3068, a tithe H4643 of the tithe H4643.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:53 - [fn]Among these H428 the land H776 shall be divided H2505 as an inheritance H5159 according to the number H4557 of names H8034.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - “To a larger H7227 group you shall increase H7235 their inheritance H5159, and to a smaller H4592 group you shall decrease H4591 their inheritance H5159; each H376 shall be given H5414 their inheritance H5159 corresponding H6310 to the total of those who were numbered H6485 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - “Corresponding H5921 H6310 to the selection H1486 by H1486 lot H1486, their inheritance H5159 shall be divided H2505 between H996 the larger H7227 and the smaller H4592 groups.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - Those who were numbered H6485 of them were twenty-three H7969 H6242 thousand H505, every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward H4605, for they were not numbered H6485 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 since H3588 no H3808 inheritance H5159 was given H5414 to them among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - “The daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765 are right H3651 about their statements H1696. You shall certainly H5414 give H5414 them hereditary H5159 property H272 among H8432 their father’s H1 brothers H251, and you shall transfer H5674 the inheritance H5159 of their father H1 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:8 - “Further, you shall speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, saying H559, ‘If H3588 a man H376 dies H4191 and has H369 no H369 son H1121, then you shall transfer H5674 his inheritance H5159 to his daughter H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:9 - ‘And if H518 he has H369 no H369 daughter H1323, then you shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 to his brothers H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:10 - ‘If H518 he has H369 no H369 brothers H251, then you shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 to his father’s H1 brothers H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘And if H518 his father H1 has H369 no H369 brothers H251, then you shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 to his nearest H7138 relative H7607 in his own family H4940, and he shall take H3423 possession H3423 of it; and it shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance H4941 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 Moses H4872.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - “We will not return H7725 to our homes H1004 until H5704 every H376 one H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 has gained H5157 possession H5157 of his inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - “But we will not have H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 with them on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Jordan H3383 and beyond H1973, because H3588 our inheritance H5159 has come H935 to us on this side H5676 of the Jordan H3383 toward the east H4217.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - “We ourselves H5168 will cross H5674 over H5674 armed H2502 in the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and the property H272 of our inheritance H5159 shall remain with us across H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘You shall maintain H5157 the land H776 as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 by lot H1486 according to your families H4940; to the larger H7227 you shall give H7235 more H7235 inheritance H5159, and to the smaller H4592 you shall give H4591 less H4591 inheritance H5159. Wherever H413 H834 H8033 the lot H1486 falls H3318 to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass H5157 on H5157 land as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 according to the tribes H4294 of your fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:2 - “Command H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you enter H935 the land H776 of Canaan H3667, this H2088 is the land H776 that shall fall H5307 to you as an inheritance H5159, that is, the land H776 of Canaan H3667 according to its borders H1367.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:14 - “For the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7206 have received H3947 theirs according to their fathers’ H1 households H1004, and the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 according to their fathers’ H1 households H1004, and the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 have received H3947 their possession H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - “The two H8147 and a half H2677 tribes H4294 have received H3947 their possession H5159 across H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405, eastward H6924 toward the sunrise H4217.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 that they give H5414 to the Levites H3881 from the inheritance H5159 of their possession H272 cities H5892 to live H3427 in; and you shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 pasture H4054 lands H4054 around H5439 the cities H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “As for the cities H5892 which H834 you shall give H5414 them from the possession H272 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, you shall take H7235 more H7235 from the larger H7227, and you shall take H4591 fewer H4591 from the smaller H4592; each H376 shall give H5414 some H4480 of his cities H5892 to the Levites H3881 in proportion H6310 to his inheritance H5159 which H834 he possesses H5157.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - and they said H559, “The LORD H3068 commanded H6680 my lord H113 to give H5414 the land H776 by lot H1486 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 as an inheritance H5159, and my lord H113 was commanded H6680 by the LORD H3068 to give H5414 the inheritance H5159 of our brother H251 Zelophehad H6765 to his daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - “But if they [fn]marry H1961 H802 one H259 of the sons H1121 of the other tribes H7626 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, their inheritance H5159 will be withdrawn H1639 from the inheritance H5159 of our fathers H1 and will be added H3254 to the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 to which H834 they belong H1961; so it will be withdrawn H1639 from our allotted H1486 inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - “And when H518 the jubilee H3104 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 takes H1961 place H1961, then their inheritance H5159 will be added H3254 to the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 to which H834 they belong H1961; so their inheritance H5159 will be withdrawn H1639 from the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of our fathers H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - “So no H3808 inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will [fn]be transferred H5437 from tribe H4294 to tribe H4294, for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall each H376 [fn]retain H1692 possession H1692 of the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of his fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - “And every H3605 daughter H1323 who comes H3423 into possession H3423 of an inheritance H5159 of any tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall marry H802 one H259 of the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of her father H1, so H4616 that H4616 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 may each H376 possess H3423 the inheritance H5159 of his fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - “So no H3808 inheritance H5159 will [fn]be transferred H5437 from one tribe H4294 to another H312 tribe H4294, for the tribes H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall each H376 [fn]retain H1692 possession H1692 of its own inheritance H5159.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married H802 those from the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph H3130, and their inheritance H5159 [fn]remained H1961 with the tribe H4294 of the family H4940 of their father H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:20 - “But the LORD H3068 has taken H3947 you and brought H3318 you out H3318 of the iron H1270 furnace H3564, from Egypt H4714, to be a people H5971 of His own possession H5159, as today H2088 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 -

“Now the LORD H3068 was angry H599 with me on your account H1697, and He swore H7650 that I would not cross H5674 the Jordan H3383, and that I would not enter H935 the good H2896 land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you as an inheritance H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - driving H3423 out H3423 from before H6440 you nations H1471 greater H1419 and mightier H6099 than H4480 you, to bring H935 you in H935 and to give H5414 you their land H776 as an inheritance H5159, as it is today H2088 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - “And I prayed H6419 to the LORD H3068 and said H559, ‘Lord H136 GOD H3068, do not destroy H7843 Your people H5971, Your inheritance H5159, whom H834 You have redeemed H6299 through Your greatness H1433, whom H834 You have brought H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - ‘Yet they are Your people H5971, and Your inheritance H5159, whom H834 You brought H3318 out H3318 by Your great H1419 power H3581 and Your outstretched H5186 arm H2220.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore H5921 H3651, Levi H3878 does not have H1961 a portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 with his brothers H251; the LORD H3068 is his inheritance H5159, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 spoke H1696 to him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - for you have not as yet H6258 come H935 to the resting H4496 place H4496 and the inheritance H5159 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - “And you shall rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430, you and your sons H1121 and daughters H1323, your male H5650 and female H519 slaves H5650 H519, and the Levite H3881 who H834 is within your gates H8179, since H3588 he has H369 no H369 portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27 - “Also you shall not neglect H5800 the Levite H3881 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, for he has H369 no H369 portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 among H5973 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “And the Levite H3881, because H3588 he has H369 no H369 portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 among H5973 you, and the stranger H1616, the [fn]orphan H3490, and the widow H490 who H834 are in your [fn]town H8179, shall come H935 and eat H398 and be H7646 satisfied H7646, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hand H3027 which H834 you do H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:4 - “However H657 H3588, there will be no H3808 poor H34 among you, since H3588 the LORD H3068 will certainly H1288 bless H1288 you in the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you as an inheritance H5159 to possess H3423,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 -

“The Levitical H3881 priests H3548, the whole H3605 tribe H7626 of Levi H3878, shall not have H1961 a portion H2506 or inheritance H5159 with Israel H3478; they shall eat H398 the LORD’S H3068 offerings H801 by H801 fire H801 and His [fn]property H5159.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:2 - “They shall not have H1961 an inheritance H5159 among H7130 their countrymen H251; the LORD H3068 is their inheritance H5159, as He [fn]promised H1696 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:10 - “So innocent H5355 blood H1818 will not be shed H8210 in the midst H7130 of your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you as an inheritance H5159, and guilt H1818 for H1818 bloodshed H1818 will not be on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 -

“You shall not displace H5472 your neighbor’s H7453 boundary H1366 marker H1366, which H834 the ancestors H7223 have set H1379, in your inheritance H5159 which H834 you will inherit H5157 in the land H776 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you to [fn]possess H3423.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - “Only H7534 in the cities H5892 of these H428 peoples H5971 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you as an inheritance H5159, you shall not leave H2421 anything H3605 that breathes H5397 alive H2421.

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