14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Inheritance' in the Bible

I brought you to a fertile landto eat its fruit and bounty,but after you entered, you defiled My land;you made My inheritance detestable.

Verse ConceptsCropsAbundance, MaterialFertile LandPolluting The LandThe Environment

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelMessianic AgeNorthReturn From The Northreuniting

I thought: How I long to make you My sonsand give you a desirable land,the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.I thought: You will call Me, my Father,and never turn away from Me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfPeople Of God, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfSpiritual AdoptionIsrael As Sons Of GodFollowing Godfatherhood

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGod, Power OfJacob, The PatriarchPeople Of God, In OtUniverseNot Like IdolsGod As A Warrior

I have abandoned My house;I have deserted My inheritance.I have given the love of My lifeinto the hands of her enemies.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGod Will Cause Defeat

My inheritance has acted toward Melike a lion in the forest.She has roared against Me.Therefore, I hate her.

Verse ConceptsForestsHatredLionsGod Hating People

Is My inheritance like a hyena to Me?Are birds of prey circling her?Go, gather all the wild animals;bring them to devour her.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Figurative UseBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals Eating PeopleBirds Of PreyBlemished CreaturesBirds

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

After I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfRestoring Nations

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionCarcass, Literal UseAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandDouble Penalty

You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritancethat I gave you.I will make you serve your enemiesin a land you do not know,for you have set My anger on fire;it will burn forever.

Verse ConceptsFaultsLand, As A Divine GiftLossUnknown ThingsAbandoning ThingsServing GroupsInheritanceIdentityculture

So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationRedemption, In Everyday Life

Because you rejoice,because you sing in triumph—you who plundered My inheritance—because you frolic like a young cow treading grainand neigh like stallions,

Verse ConceptsBabylonThreshingHeifersNeighing And BrayingRejoicing In Evil

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

Verse ConceptsHeirsAxesNot Like IdolsHis Name Is The Lord

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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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