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Inheritance

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239exact KJV occurrences 221Old Testament 18New Testament 33books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 233occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 31:14

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Peter 1:4

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where inheritance appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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HebrewH5157
נָחַל

nâchal · naw-khal'

18 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences

v

to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate

Strong's KJV usage: divide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).

Strong's first: Exodus 34:9Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:18

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GreekG2819
κλῆρος

klēros · klay'-ros

2 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--heritage, inheritance, lot, part.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 26:18Strong's last: Colossians 1:12

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GreekG1722
ἐν

en · en

1 times translated as this KJV form2,665 total Strong's occurrences

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: :--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in).

Strong's first: Acts 20:32Strong's last: Acts 20:32

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GreekG2820
κληρόω

klēróō · klay-ro'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to allot, i.e. (figuratively) to assign (a privilege)

Strong's KJV usage: :--obtain an inheritance.

Strong's first: Ephesians 1:11Strong's last: Ephesians 1:11

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HebrewH2490
חָלַל

châlal · khaw-lal'

1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 22:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 22:16

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HebrewH3423
יָרַשׁ

yârash · yaw-rash'

1 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences

v

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.

Strong's first: Ezra 9:12Strong's last: Ezra 9:12

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Psalms 2:8
H5159

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalms 16:5
H2506

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalms 28:9
H5159

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Psalms 33:12
H5159

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalms 37:18
H5159

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Psalms 47:4
H5159

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

Psalms 68:9
H5159

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Psalms 74:2
H5159

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psalms 78:55
H5159

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 78:62
H5159

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

Psalms 78:71
H5159

From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Psalms 79:1
H5159

<<A Psalm of Asaph.>> O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Psalms 94:14
H5159

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Psalms 105:11
H5159

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Psalms 106:5
H5159

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Psalms 106:40
H5159

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

inheritance

INHER'ITANCE, noun An estate derived from an ancestor to an heir by succession or in course of law; or an estate which the law casts on a child or other person, as the representative of the deceased ancestor.

1. The reception of an estate by hereditary right, or the descent by which an estate or title is cast on the heir; as, the heir received the estate by inheritance

2. The estate or possession which may descend to an heir, though it has not descended.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said, is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Genesis 31:14.

3. An estate given or possessed by donation or divine appropriation. Numbers 26:53.

4. That which is possessed or enjoyed.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance Psalms 2:8.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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