31 occurrences in 12 translations

'Inheritance' in the Bible

Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godfootprints

But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across at the head of this people, and he will give them as an inheritance the land which you will see.’

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofEdification, Examples OfGuidance, From Godly PeoplePeople Going BeforeEncourage Others!EncouragementEncouraging Othersencouraging

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesIron, Figurative Use OfIronPeople Of God, In OtSevere AfflictionsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, As RedeemerGod, Majesty OfGod, Power OfPeople Of God, In OtRedemption, In Everyday LifeAbundance, SpiritualGod's HandGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfArmsGod, Power OfStrength Of GodPeople Belong To God

Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

Verse ConceptsRestNever Giving Up

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

Verse ConceptsSafetyCrossing Into The Promised LandTime Of Peace

And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Verse ConceptsNo Earthly Inheritance

And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

Verse ConceptsMastersNeglectNeglecting PeopleNo Earthly Inheritancefriendliness

And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSatisfactionSaints, Care For The PoorWidows, Should BeLoving ForeignersGod Will BlessNo Earthly InheritancePeople Helping Orphansfriendliness

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBlessings, To IsraelLand, As A Divine Responsibility

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPriests, Institution In Ot TimesNo Earthly InheritancePriestly InheritancePermitted To Eat Offeringspriests

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

Verse ConceptsGod Is My PortionNo Earthly Inheritance

He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family's inheritance.

Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentDividing FoodPermitted To Eat Offerings

You are to determine the distances and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.

Verse ConceptsAsylumMaking RoadsDividing Into Three Things

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityInnocent BloodSheddingResponsibility For Blood Shed

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersAgriculture, RestrictionsBoundariesCheatingInjustice, Examples OfLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandStonesLandmarksReal EstatePropertyMoving OnConflictMoving To A New Placeborders

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackMassacresbreathingbreathgenocide

when that man gives what he has to his sons as an inheritance, he is not to show favoritism to the son of the loved wife as his firstborn over the firstborn of the unloved wife.

Verse ConceptsReal EstateBirthrights

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsAbominations, Perverse SexualitySecond MarriageDefilementHusband And WifeWifeA Good Husbandspousemarraige

Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

Verse ConceptsBlottingBlotted OutTime Of Peace

And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFirst fruits

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Verse ConceptsRest, EternalFighting TogetherStrength Of PeopleGod Gave The LandBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage And Strength

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsAdam, DescendantsBoundariesMonogamySeparationThe Most HighLanguages SeparatedAccording To PeopleGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Sets BoundariesRaceborders

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsJacob, The PatriarchLawgiversThe Law Given Through Moses

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 142

חלק 
Cheleq 
Usage: 67

ירשּׁה 
Y@rushah 
Usage: 14

מורשׁה 
Mowrashah 
Usage: 9

נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 59

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

κληρονομέω 
Kleronomeo 
Usage: 14

κληρονομία 
Kleronomia 
Usage: 11

κλῆρος 
Kleros 
Usage: 12

κληρόω 
Kleroo 
Usage: 1

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