14 occurrences

'Possession' in the Bible

And I will bring [the] worst of [the] nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end [the] pride of [the] mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.

"Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all of the house of Israel, all of it, {who said concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem}, 'They are far from Yahweh, [therefore] to us this land was given as a possession.'

therefore look! I [am] giving you to the people of the East as a possession, and they will set up their encampments in you, and they will make in you their dwelling places; {they themselves} will eat your fruit and {they themselves} will drink your milk.

I will give it to the people of the East in addition to the {Ammonites} as a possession, so that the {Ammonites} will not be remembered among the nations.

"Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as possession.'

Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?

You rely on your sword, you do a detestable thing, and {each man defiles} the wife of his neighbor, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?" '

[I do this] because of your saying, 'The two nations and the two lands, they will be {mine}, and we will take possession of it,' and [yet] Yahweh was there.

thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because the enemy said concerning you, 'Ah, and [the] ancient high places will be to us as a possession!'" '

Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed} {when you were desolate}, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Certainly} in the fire of my passion I spoke against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who made my land as possession, because of its pastureland for plunder, for themselves in all of [the] joy of their whole heart [and] in [their] inner disdain."

And I will send over you my people Israel, and they will take possession of you, and you will be for them as an inheritance, and {you will no longer bereave them of their children}."

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "If the prince gives a gift to any [one] from [among] his sons, it [is] his inheritance [and] it will belong to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance.

And you must take possession of it, each [one] [a share] like his brother, [of this land] which {I swore} to give it to your fathers, and [so] this land shall fall to you as an inheritance.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
δαιμονίζομαι 
Daimonizomai 
possessed with devils , possessed with the devil , of the devils , vexed with a devil , possessed with a devil , have a devil
Usage: 13

אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

אחזּה 
'achuzzah 
Usage: 66

חסן 
Chacan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

ירשׁ ירשׁ 
Yarash 
Usage: 231

ירשׁה 
Y@reshah 
Usage: 2

ירשּׁה 
Y@rushah 
Usage: 14

מורשׁ 
Mowrash 
Usage: 3

מורשׁה 
Mowrashah 
Usage: 9

מקנה 
Miqneh 
Usage: 76

מקנה 
Miqnah 
Usage: 15

נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 59

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

κατάσχεσις 
Kataschesis 
Usage: 2

κατέχω 
Katecho 
hold , hold fast , keep , possess , stay , take , have , make ,
Usage: 16

κτάομαι 
Ktaomai 
Usage: 4

κτῆμα 
Ktema 
Usage: 4

κτήτωρ 
Ktetor 
Usage: 1

περιποίησις 
Peripoiesis 
Usage: 5

ὑπάρχοντα 
Huparchonta 
Usage: 5

χωρίον 
Chorion 
Usage: 10