Strong's #5159: nachalah (pronounced nakh-al-aw')
from 5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion:--heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
nachălâh
1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H5157 (in its usual sense)
Usage:
This word is used 222 times:
Nehemiah 11:20: "the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance."
Job 20:29: "of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God."
Job 27:13: "man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty."
Job 31:2: "portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"
Job 42:15: "of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren."
Psalms 2:8: "of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."
Psalms 16:6: "places; yea, I have a goodly heritage."
Psalms 28:9: "thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up forever."
Psalms 33:12: "is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance."
Psalms 37:18: "knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever."
Psalms 47:4: "He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved."
Psalms 68:9: "rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary."
Psalms 74:2: "which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion,"
Psalms 78:55: "the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel"
Psalms 78:62: "over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance."
Psalms 78:71: "him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance."
Psalms 79:1: "O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;"
Psalms 94:5: "thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage."
Psalms 94:14: "his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance."
Psalms 105:11: "the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:"
Psalms 106:5: "of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance."
Psalms 106:40: "against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance."
Psalms 111:6: "the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen."
Psalms 127:3: "Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
Psalms 135:12: "And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people."
Psalms 135:12: "And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people."
Psalms 136:21: "And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endureth forever:"
Psalms 136:22: " Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth forever."
Proverbs 17:2: "over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren."
Proverbs 19:14: "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD."
Proverbs 20:21: " An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed."
Ecclesiastes 7:11: "Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun."
Isaiah 19:25: "the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance."
Isaiah 47:6: "with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst show them no"
Isaiah 49:8: "the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;"
Isaiah 54:17: "against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness"
Isaiah 58:14: "the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth"
Isaiah 63:17: "from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance."
Jeremiah 2:7: "my land, and made mine heritage an abomination."
Jeremiah 3:19: "thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call"
Jeremiah 10:16: "of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name."
Jeremiah 12:7: "mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul"
Jeremiah 12:8: " Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore"
Jeremiah 12:9: " Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble"
Jeremiah 12:14: "mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people"
Jeremiah 12:15: "I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land."
Jeremiah 16:18: "my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things."
Jeremiah 17:4: "And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies"
Jeremiah 50:11: "because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass,"
Jeremiah 51:19: "is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name."
