נָחַל nachal

Hebrew word for “to inherit” · Strong’s H5157 · used 59 times in 57 verses

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Meaning

1) to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess;

How it is translated

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

• will inherit 15
• will give as an inheritance 6
• gave as a possession 3
• will possess 2
• will have an inheritance 2
• have inherited 2
• give as inheritance 2
• will cause to inherit 2
• inherited 2
• received their inheritance 2
• gave as an inheritance 2
• will take as a possession 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 34 (4), Numbers 18 (3), Joshua 19 (3), Numbers 32 (2), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Ezekiel 47 (2), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 32 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Leviticus 25 (1)

Forms

• ינחלו 7
• נחלו 6
• תנחל 4
• תתנחלו 3
• לנחל 3
• הנחלתי 3
• ינחל 3
• והתנחלתם 2
• ינחיל 2
• וינחלו 2

Words used with it

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

• נַחֲלָה nachalah “inheritance” 16
• יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 7
• נוּן nun “Nun” 5
• אָב av “father” 10
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 7
• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 6
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 6
• גּוֹרָל goral “allotted” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 7
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 6
• אָמֵץ amats “to strengthen” 3
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 32:13 — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of…
• Exodus 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and…
• Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the…
• Joshua 1:6 — Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
• 1 Samuel 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:…
• Psalms 119:111 — Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
• Proverbs 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
• Isaiah 49:8 — Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a…
• Jeremiah 3:18 — In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given…
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
• Zephaniah 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of…
• Zechariah 8:12 — For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause…

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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.