נַחֲלָה

na.cha.lahinheritanceHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine222 occurrences25 books191 verses

Definition

from H5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Traditional renderings: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נַחֲלָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

222 total
  1. Deuteronomy 4:21נַחֲלָֽה׃ · as an inheritance
    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.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:38נַחֲלָ֖ה · inheritance
    …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.
  3. Deuteronomy 9:26וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔ · Your inheritance
    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.
  4. Deuteronomy 9:29וְנַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · Your inheritance
    But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
  5. Deuteronomy 10:9וְנַחֲלָ֖ה · or inheritance; נַחֲלָת֔וֹ · is his inheritance
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  6. Deuteronomy 12:9הַֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה · and the inheritance
    For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
  7. Deuteronomy 12:12וְנַחֲלָ֖ה · or inheritance
    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.
  8. Deuteronomy 14:27וְנַחֲלָ֖ה · or inheritance
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  9. Deuteronomy 14:29וְנַחֲלָ֜ה · or inheritance
    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.
  10. Deuteronomy 15:4נַחֲלָ֖ה · as an inheritance
    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,
  11. Deuteronomy 18:1וְנַחֲלָ֖ה · or inheritance; וְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ · that is their inheritance
    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.
  12. Deuteronomy 18:2וְנַחֲלָ֥ה · inheritance; נַחֲלָת֔וֹ · [is] their inheritance
    Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
  13. Deuteronomy 19:10נַחֲלָ֑ה · [as] an inheritance
    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.
  14. Deuteronomy 19:14בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ · [to mark] the inheritance
    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.
  15. Deuteronomy 20:16נַחֲלָ֑ה · as an inheritance
    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.
  16. Deuteronomy 21:23נַחֲלָֽה׃ס · as an inheritance
    …you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  17. Deuteronomy 24:4נַחֲלָֽה׃ס · [as] an inheritance
    …then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  18. Deuteronomy 25:19נַחֲלָה֙ · as an inheritance
    When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
  19. Deuteronomy 26:1נַחֲלָ֑ה · [as] an inheritance
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
  20. Deuteronomy 29:8לְנַחֲלָ֔ה · it as an inheritance
    We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  21. Deuteronomy 32:9נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · inheritance
    But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  22. Joshua 11:23לְנַחֲלָ֧ה · it as an inheritance
    So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
  23. Joshua 13:6בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה · as an inheritance
    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
  24. Joshua 13:7בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה · as an inheritance
    Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
  25. Joshua 13:8נַחֲלָתָ֑ם · the inheritance
    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
  26. Joshua 13:14נַחֲלָ֑ה · inheritance; נַחֲלָת֔וֹ · their inheritance
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  27. Joshua 13:23נַחֲלַ֤ת · was the inheritance
    And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
  28. Joshua 13:28נַחֲלַ֥ת · was the inheritance
    This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.
  29. Joshua 13:33נַחֲלָ֑ה · inheritance; נַחֲלָתָ֔ם · is their inheritance
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  30. Joshua 14:2נַחֲלָתָ֑ם · Their inheritance
    Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  31. Joshua 14:3נַחֲלַ֨ת · the inheritance; נַחֲלָ֖ה · inheritance
    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
  32. Joshua 14:9לְנַחֲלָ֛ה · an inheritance
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  33. Joshua 14:13לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ · as his inheritance
    Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
  34. Joshua 14:14לְֽנַחֲלָ֔ה · as an inheritance
    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
  35. Joshua 15:20נַחֲלַ֛ת · is the inheritance
    This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
  36. Joshua 16:5נַחֲלָתָם֙ · of their inheritance
    This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
  37. Joshua 16:8נַחֲלַ֛ת · was the inheritance
    From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
  38. Joshua 16:9נַחֲלַ֣ת · the inheritance
    …along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
  39. Joshua 17:4נַחֲלָ֖ה · an inheritance; נַֽחֲלָ֔ה · an inheritance
    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
  40. Joshua 17:6נַחֲלָ֖ה · an inheritance
    …because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
  41. Joshua 17:14נַחֲלָ֗ה · as an inheritance
    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
  42. Joshua 18:2נַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם · their inheritance
    …there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.
  43. Joshua 18:4נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם · the inheritance of each
    Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me