יְרֻשָּׁה yerushshah

Hebrew word for “possession” · Strong’s H3425 · used 14 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

possession, inheritance

How it is translated

Glosses given for yerushshah in context, with how often each is used:

• possession 14

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 2 (4), Joshua 12 (2), Deuteronomy 3 (1), Joshua 1 (1), Judges 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 20 (1), Psalms 61 (1), Jeremiah 32 (1)

Forms

• ירשׁה 7
• ירשׁת 2
• ירשׁתו 1
• לירשׁתו 1
• ירשׁתכם 1
• מירשׁתך 1
• הירשׁה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yerushshah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גָּרָה garah “to stir up” 3
• שֵׂעִיר seir “Seir” 3
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 6
• עֵבֶר ever “side” 3
• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 3
• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 3
• לוֹט lot “Lot” 2
• צוּר tsur “to confine” 2
• עַד ad “till” 4
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 3
• כֶם khem “you” 3

Key verses

The verses using yerushshah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 2:5 — Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
• Deuteronomy 2:9 — And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I…
• Deuteronomy 2:12 — The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as…
• Deuteronomy 2:19 — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of…
• Deuteronomy 3:20 — Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond…
• Joshua 1:15 — Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall…
• Joshua 12:6 — Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and…
• Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon…
• Judges 21:17 — And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 20:11 — Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
• Psalms 61:5 — For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
• Jeremiah 32:8 — So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.