נַחֲלָה nachalah

Hebrew word for “inheritance” · Strong’s H5159 · used 222 times in 191 verses

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Meaning

1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage; 1a) property; 1b) portion, share; 1c) inheritance, portion

How it is translated

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

• inheritance 210
• own inheritance 6
• inheritances 2
• some of the inheritance 1
• some of inheritance 1
• will be inheritance 1
• any of the inheritance 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 19 (13), Numbers 36 (7), Joshua 13 (7), Numbers 18 (5), Numbers 27 (5), Joshua 14 (5), Joshua 18 (5), Jeremiah 12 (5), Numbers 26 (4), Numbers 32 (3)

Forms

• נחלה 37
• נחלת 34
• נחלתו 31
• לנחלה 15
• נחלתם 15
• בנחלה 13
• נחלתך 9
• נחלתי 8
• ונחלה 7
• ונחלתך 5

Words used with it

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

• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 22
• חֵלֶק cheleq “portion” 18
• נָחַל nachal “to inherit” 16
• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 20
• מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpachah “family” 20
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 19
• ךָּ ka “you” 21
• אָב av “father” 22
• זֹאת zot “this” 17
• הֶם hem “them” 20
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 14
• עִיר ir “city” 17

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is…
• 1 Samuel 10:1 — Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his…
• Psalms 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
• Psalms 79:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
• Isaiah 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very…
• 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…
• Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the…
• Jeremiah 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me,…
• Jeremiah 10:16 — The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…
• Micah 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as…
• Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…

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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.