TBESH · H5159
נַחֲלָה · na.cha.lah · inheritance
1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage 1a) property 1b) portion, share 1c) inheritance, portion
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na.cha.lah H5159
נַחֲלָה (na.cha.lah) means “inheritance” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
נַחֲלָה Hebrew · H5159 222 tagged occurrences in 191 verses
Pronunciation guide: nakh-al-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H5157 (נָחַל) (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV glosses: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).
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How translators render H5159
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| as an inheritance | 27 |
| inheritance | 24 |
| the inheritance | 18 |
| an inheritance | 13 |
| his inheritance | 12 |
| their inheritance | 11 |
| was the inheritance | 10 |
| my inheritance | 7 |
| of his inheritance | 7 |
| or inheritance | 6 |
| your inheritance | 6 |
| of your inheritance | 5 |
| of their inheritance | 3 |
| our inheritance | 3 |
| to his own inheritance | 3 |
| a heritage | 2 |
| and their inheritance | 2 |
| and your inheritance | 2 |
| as his inheritance | 2 |
| as your inheritance | 2 |
| is their inheritance | 2 |
| it as an inheritance | 2 |
| its inheritance | 2 |
| your heritage | 2 |
| and | 1 |
| and included | 1 |
| and left his inheritance | 1 |
| and the inheritance | 1 |
| any of the inheritance | 1 |
| are inherited | 1 |
| as a heritage | 1 |
| as their inheritance | 1 |
| by his heritage | 1 |
| by inheritance | 1 |
| each inheritance | 1 |
| from his inheritance | 1 |
| from the inheritance | 1 |
| from the portion | 1 |
| his heritage | 1 |
| his own inheritance | 1 |
| in the inheritance | 1 |
| in the territory they inherit | 1 |
| inheritances | 1 |
| is his inheritance | 1 |
| is not my inheritance | 1 |
| is the heritage | 1 |
| is the inheritance | 1 |
| it | 1 |
| my heritage | 1 |
| my own inheritance | 1 |
| of my inheritance | 1 |
| of your heritage | 1 |
| on his own inheritance | 1 |
| or the heritage | 1 |
| out of their own inheritance | 1 |
| received an inheritance | 1 |
| territory | 1 |
| that is their inheritance | 1 |
| the heritage | 1 |
| the inheritance of each | 1 |
| the inheritances | 1 |
| the territory | 1 |
| their own inheritance | 1 |
| to his inheritance | 1 |
| to mark the inheritance | 1 |
| we may have our inheritance | 1 |
| when the inheritance | 1 |
| with the heritage | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the inheritance | 25 |
| an inheritance | 13 |
| their inheritance | 11 |
| inheritance | 10 |
| for an inheritance | 8 |
| his inheritance | 8 |
| of his inheritance | 6 |
| nor inheritance | 5 |
| an heritage | 4 |
| and thine inheritance | 4 |
| mine heritage | 4 |
| thine inheritance | 4 |
| and their inheritance | 3 |
| mine inheritance | 3 |
| none inheritance | 3 |
| of the inheritance | 3 |
| of their inheritance | 3 |
| of thine inheritance | 3 |
| them an inheritance | 3 |
| and his heritage | 2 |
| and the heritage | 2 |
| for inheritance | 2 |
| from the inheritance | 2 |
| heritage | 2 |
| it for an inheritance | 2 |
| no inheritance | 2 |
| of our inheritance | 2 |
| of your inheritance | 2 |
| our inheritance | 2 |
| to his inheritance | 2 |
| to inherit | 2 |
| to the inheritance | 2 |
| unto his inheritance | 2 |
| upon his inheritance | 2 |
| and his inheritance | 1 |
| and it became the inheritance | 1 |
| and it shall be unto them for an inheritance | 1 |
| and they had in their inheritance | 1 |
| and thou shalt cause the inheritance | 1 |
| and to the inheritance | 1 |
| at the inheritance | 1 |
| because our inheritance | 1 |
| because there was no inheritance | 1 |
| but his inheritance | 1 |
| by inheritance | 1 |
| for an heritage | 1 |
| for his own inheritance | 1 |
| from thine heritage | 1 |
| heritages | 1 |
| himself to his own inheritance | 1 |
| himself to the inheritance | 1 |
| his own inheritance | 1 |
| in his inheritance | 1 |
| in the inheritance | 1 |
| in their inheritance | 1 |
| in thine inheritance | 1 |
| into thine inheritance | 1 |
| it by lot for an inheritance | 1 |
| mine own inheritance | 1 |
| my heritage | 1 |
| neither have we inheritance | 1 |
| neither shall the inheritance | 1 |
| not thine heritage | 1 |
| of an inheritance | 1 |
| of his heritage | 1 |
| of inheritance | 1 |
| of mine heritage | 1 |
| of mine inheritance | 1 |
| of thine heritage | 1 |
| or inheritance | 1 |
| out of the inheritance | 1 |
| out of their inheritance | 1 |
| over his inheritance | 1 |
| shall be then shall their inheritance | 1 |
| shall be thine inheritance | 1 |
| shall his inheritance | 1 |
| shall the possession | 1 |
| so shall not the inheritance | 1 |
| the heritage | 1 |
| the inheritances | 1 |
| thee and thou shalt be their inheritance | 1 |
| thee the inheritance | 1 |
| thee with the heritage | 1 |
| them inheritance | 1 |
| them the heritage | 1 |
| then shall their inheritance | 1 |
| then ye shall cause his inheritance | 1 |
| therefore became the inheritance | 1 |
| therefore shall they have no inheritance | 1 |
| thine heritage | 1 |
| to be an inheritance | 1 |
| to his heritage | 1 |
| unto the inheritance | 1 |
| unto their inheritance | 1 |
| unto you for an inheritance | 1 |
| unto you for inheritance | 1 |
| us an inheritance | 1 |
| us inheritance | 1 |
| whereunto they are received so shall their inheritance | 1 |
| with an inheritance | 1 |
| with his inheritance | 1 |
| with thine inheritance | 1 |
| you from them for your inheritance | 1 |
Verses containing H5159
Page 1 of 4. 191 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 31:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
Read word by word - Genesis 48:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
Read word by word - Exodus 15:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
Read word by word - Numbers 16:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
Read word by word - Numbers 18:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
Read word by word - Numbers 18:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
Read word by word - Numbers 26:53
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
Read word by word - Numbers 26:54
· BSB · 3 occurrences
Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.
Read word by word - Numbers 26:56
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
Read word by word - Numbers 26:62
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 32:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
Read word by word - Numbers 32:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
Read word by word - Numbers 32:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
Read word by word - Numbers 33:54
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
Read word by word - Numbers 34:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
Read word by word - Numbers 34:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
Read word by word - Numbers 34:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
Read word by word - Numbers 35:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
Read word by word - Numbers 35:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
Read word by word - Numbers 36:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Read word by word - Numbers 36:3
· BSB · 4 occurrences
But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
Read word by word - Numbers 36:4
· BSB · 4 occurrences
And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
Read word by word - Numbers 36:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Read word by word - Numbers 36:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Read word by word - Numbers 36:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
Read word by word - Numbers 36:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 9:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 9:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 15:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 18:1
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 18:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 19:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
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