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. Nehemiah 11:20בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · on his own inheritance
    The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
  2. Job 20:29וְנַחֲלַ֖ת · the inheritance
    This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
  3. Job 27:13וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת · the heritage
    This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
  4. Job 31:2וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת · or the heritage
    For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
  5. Job 42:15נַחֲלָ֖ה · an inheritance
    No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
  6. Psalm 2:8נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · Your inheritance
    Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
  7. Psalm 16:6נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת · inheritance
    The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
  8. Psalm 28:9נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · Your inheritance
    Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
  9. Psalm 33:12לְנַחֲלָ֣ה · as His inheritance
    Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
  10. Psalm 37:18וְ֝נַחֲלָתָ֗ם · and their inheritance
    The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
  11. Psalm 47:4נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ · our inheritance
    He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
  12. Psalm 68:9נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ · inheritance
    You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
  13. Psalm 74:2נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ · of Your inheritance
    Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
  14. Psalm 78:55נַחֲלָ֑ה · their inheritance
    He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
  15. Psalm 78:62וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ · by His heritage
    He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
  16. Psalm 78:71נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · His inheritance
    …from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
  17. Psalm 79:1בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ · Your inheritance
    A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
  18. Psalm 94:5וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ · Your heritage
    They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
  19. Psalm 94:14וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ · His heritage
    For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
  20. Psalm 105:11נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃ · of your inheritance
    “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
  21. 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.
  22. Psalm 106:40נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ · His own inheritance
    So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
  23. Psalm 111:6נַחֲלַ֥ת · the inheritance
    He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
  24. Psalm 127:3נַחֲלַ֣ת · a heritage
    Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  25. Psalm 135:12נַחֲלָ֑ה · as an inheritance; נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה · as a heritage
    He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
  26. Psalm 136:21לְנַחֲלָ֑ה · as an inheritance
    …and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
  27. Psalm 136:22נַ֭חֲלָה · a heritage
    …a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.
  28. Proverbs 17:2נַחֲלָֽה׃ · his inheritance
    A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
  29. Proverbs 19:14נַחֲלַ֣ת · are inherited
    Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
  30. Proverbs 20:21נַ֭חֲלָה · An inheritance
    An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
  31. Ecclesiastes 7:11נַחֲלָ֑ה · an inheritance
    Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
  32. Isaiah 19:25וְנַחֲלָתִ֖י · My inheritance
    The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  33. Isaiah 47:6נַחֲלָתִ֔י · My heritage
    I 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.
  34. Isaiah 49:8נְחָל֥וֹת · inheritances
    This 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,
  35. Isaiah 54:17נַחֲלַת֩ · is the heritage
    No 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Isaiah 63:17נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃ · of Your heritage
    Why, 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.
  38. Jeremiah 2:7וְנַחֲלָתִ֥י · My inheritance
    I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.
  39. Jeremiah 3:19נַחֲלַ֥ת · inheritance
    Then 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.
  40. Jeremiah 10:16נַֽחֲלָת֑וֹ · of His inheritance
    The 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.
  41. Jeremiah 12:7נַחֲלָתִ֑י · My inheritance
    I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.
  42. Jeremiah 12:8נַחֲלָתִ֖י · My inheritance
    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
  43. Jeremiah 12:9נַחֲלָתִי֙ · Is [not] My inheritance
    Is 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.
  44. Jeremiah 12:14בַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה · the inheritance
    This 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.
  45. Jeremiah 12:15לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ · to his inheritance
    But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
  46. Jeremiah 16:18נַחֲלָתִֽי׃ס · My inheritance
    And 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.”
  47. Jeremiah 17:4מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ · the inheritance
    And 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.”
  48. 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,
  49. Jeremiah 51:19נַחֲלָת֑וֹ · of His inheritance
    The 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.