נַחֲלָהnachălâh
possession, property, inheritance
Pronunciation: nakh-al-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5159
Meanings
1. property
2. portion, share
b. we have no share in the son of Jesse (2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:16)
3. inheritance (Genesis 31:14; Numbers 27:7; Numbers 27:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 222 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:14 Rachel and Leah responded, “That’s fine with us! We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway.
- Genesis 48:6 But any children born to you in the future will be your own, and they will inherit land within the territories of their brothers Ephraim and Manasseh.
- Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
- Numbers 16:14 What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men? We will not come.”
- Numbers 18:20 And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.
- Numbers 18:21 As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them for their service in the Tabernacle. Instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes from the entire land of Israel.
See every passage
- Genesis 31:14, 48:6
- Exodus 15:17
- Numbers 16:14, 18:20, 18:21, 18:23, 18:24, 18:26, 26:53, 26:54, 26:56, 26:62, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:10, 27:11, 32:18, 32:19, 32:32, 33:54, 34:2, 34:14, 34:15, 35:2, 35:8, 36:2, 36:3, 36:4, 36:7, 36:8, 36:9, 36:12
- Deuteronomy 4:20, 4:21, 4:38, 9:26, 9:29, 10:9, 12:9, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 15:4, 18:1, 18:2, 19:10, 19:14, 20:16, 21:23, 24:4, 25:19, 26:1, 29:8, 32:9
- Joshua 11:23, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 13:14, 13:23, 13:28, 13:33, 14:2, 14:3, 14:9, 14:13, 14:14, 15:20, 16:5, 16:8, 16:9, 17:4, 17:6, 17:14, 18:2, 18:4, 18:7, 18:20, 18:28, 19:1, 19:2, 19:8, 19:9, 19:10, 19:16, 19:23, 19:31, 19:39, 19:41, 19:48, 19:49, 19:51, 21:3, 23:4, 24:28, 24:30, 24:32
- Judges 2:6, 2:9, 18:1, 20:6, 21:23, 21:24
- Ruth 4:5, 4:6, 4:10
- 1 Samuel 10:1, 26:19
- 2 Samuel 14:16, 20:1, 20:19, 21:3
- 1 Kings 8:36, 8:51, 8:53, 12:16, 21:3, 21:4
- 2 Kings 21:14
- 1 Chronicles 16:18
- 2 Chronicles 6:27, 10:16
- Nehemiah 11:20
- Job 20:29, 27:13, 31:2, 42:15
- Psalms 2:8, 16:6, 28:9, 33:12, 37:18, 47:4, 68:9, 74:2, 78:55, 78:62, 78:71, 79:1, 94:5, 94:14, 105:11, 106:5, 106:40, 111:6, 127:3, 135:12, 136:21, 136:22
- Proverbs 17:2, 19:14, 20:21
- Ecclesiastes 7:11
- Isaiah 19:25, 47:6, 49:8, 54:17, 58:14, 63:17
- Jeremiah 2:7, 3:19, 10:16, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:14, 12:15, 16:18, 17:4, 50:11, 51:19
- Lamentations 5:2
- Ezekiel 35:15, 36:12, 44:28, 45:1, 46:16, 46:17, 46:18, 47:14, 47:22, 47:23, 48:29
- Joel 2:17, 3:2
- Micah 2:2, 7:14, 7:18
- Malachi 1:3
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).