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.
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:
- κληρονομίαklēronomia“inheritance”74%
- κλῆροςklēros“lot”17%
- κατάσχεσιςkataschesis“possession”2%
- κληρονομέωklēronomeō“to inherit”2%
- κτῆμαktēma“possession”1%
- μερίςmeris“part”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
222 total
- Nehemiah 11:20בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · on his own inheritanceThe rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
- Job 20:29וְנַחֲלַ֖ת · the inheritanceThis is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- Job 27:13וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת · the heritageThis is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
- Job 31:2וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת · or the heritageFor what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- Job 42:15נַחֲלָ֖ה · an inheritanceNo women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
- Psalm 2:8נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · Your inheritanceAsk Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Psalm 16:6נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת · inheritanceThe lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
- Psalm 28:9נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · Your inheritanceSave Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
- Psalm 33:12לְנַחֲלָ֣ה · as His inheritanceBlessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Psalm 37:18וְ֝נַחֲלָתָ֗ם · and their inheritanceThe LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
- Psalm 47:4נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ · our inheritanceHe chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
- Psalm 68:9נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ · inheritanceYou sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
- Psalm 74:2נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · of Your inheritanceRemember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
- Psalm 78:55נַחֲלָ֑ה · their inheritanceHe drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalm 78:62וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ · by His heritageHe surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
- Psalm 78:71נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · His inheritance…from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
- Psalm 79:1בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ · Your inheritanceA Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Psalm 94:5וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ · Your heritageThey crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- Psalm 94:14וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ · His heritageFor the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
- Psalm 105:11נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃ · of your inheritance“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- Psalm 106:5נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃ · Your inheritance…that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
- Psalm 106:40נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · His own inheritanceSo the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Psalm 111:6נַחֲלַ֥ת · the inheritanceHe has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
- Psalm 127:3נַחֲלַ֣ת · a heritageChildren are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- Psalm 135:12נַחֲלָ֑ה · as an inheritance; נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה · as a heritageHe gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
- Psalm 136:21לְנַחֲלָ֑ה · as an inheritance…and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 136:22נַ֭חֲלָה · a heritage…a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Proverbs 17:2נַחֲלָֽה׃ · his inheritanceA wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
- Proverbs 19:14נַחֲלַ֣ת · are inheritedHouses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:21נַ֭חֲלָה · An inheritanceAn inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11נַחֲלָ֑ה · an inheritanceWisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- Isaiah 19:25וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י · My inheritanceThe LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
- Isaiah 47:6נַחֲלָתִ֔י · My heritageI was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Isaiah 49:8נְחָל֥וֹת · inheritancesThis is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Isaiah 54:17נַחֲלַת֩ · is the heritageNo weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 58:14נַחֲלַת֙ · with the heritage…then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 63:17נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃ · of Your heritageWhy, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- Jeremiah 2:7וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י · My inheritanceI brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.
- Jeremiah 3:19נַחֲלַ֥ת · inheritanceThen I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Jeremiah 10:16נַֽחֲלָת֑וֹ · of His inheritanceThe Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Jeremiah 12:7נַחֲלָתִ֑י · My inheritanceI have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.
- Jeremiah 12:8נַחֲלָתִ֖י · My inheritanceMy inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
- Jeremiah 12:9נַחֲלָתִי֙ · Is [not] My inheritanceIs not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
- Jeremiah 12:14בַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה · the inheritanceThis is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 12:15לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ · to his inheritanceBut after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
- Jeremiah 16:18נַחֲלָתִֽי׃ס · My inheritanceAnd I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
- Jeremiah 17:4מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ · the inheritanceAnd you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- Jeremiah 50:11נַחֲלָתִ֑י · My inheritance“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
- Jeremiah 51:19נַחֲלָת֑וֹ · of His inheritanceThe Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.