Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
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Possession
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Ephesians 1:14
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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אֲחֻזָּה
ʼăchuzzâh · akh-ooz-zaw'
64 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Strong's KJV usage: possession.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 17:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:22
Open full H272 profile →יְרֻשָּׁה
yᵉrushshâh · yer-oosh-shaw'
11 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
Strong's KJV usage: heritage, inheritance, possession.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 2:5Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 20:11
Open full H3425 profile →יָרַשׁ
yârash · yaw-rash'
6 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 21:15Strong's last: Psalms 83:12
Open full H3423 profile →מוֹרָשָׁה
môwrâshâh · mo-raw-shaw'
6 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a possession
Strong's KJV usage: heritage, inheritance, possession.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 11:15Strong's last: Ezekiel 36:5
Open full H4181 profile →מִקְנֶה
miqneh · mik-neh'
3 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
something bought, i.e. property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
Strong's KJV usage: cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 26:14Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 28:1
Open full H4735 profile →κατάσχεσις
katáschesis · kat-as'-khes-is
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a holding down, i.e. occupancy
Strong's KJV usage: :--possession.
Strong's first: Acts 7:5Strong's last: Acts 7:45
Open full G2697 profile →יְרֵשָׁה
yᵉrêshâh · yer-ay-shaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
occupancy
Strong's KJV usage: possession.
Strong's first: Numbers 24:18Strong's last: Numbers 24:18
Open full H3424 profile →κτῆμα
ktēma · ktay'-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
an acquirement, i.e. estate
Strong's KJV usage: :--possession.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 5:1Strong's last: Acts 5:1
Open full G2933 profile →περιποίησις
peripoíēsis · per-ee-poy'-ay-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation
Strong's KJV usage: :--obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 1:14Strong's last: Ephesians 1:14
Open full G4047 profile →אָחַז
ʼâchaz · aw-khaz'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Strong's KJV usage: be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 22:19Strong's last: Joshua 22:19
Open full H270 profile →מוֹרָשׁ
môwrâsh · mo-rawsh'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a possession; figuratively, delight
Strong's KJV usage: possession, thought.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 14:23Strong's last: Isaiah 14:23
Open full H4180 profile →מִקְנָה
miqnâh · mik-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
Strong's KJV usage: (he that is) bought, possession, piece, purchase.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 23:18Strong's last: Genesis 23:18
Open full H4736 profile →נָחַל
nâchal · naw-khal'
1 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 28:10Strong's last: Proverbs 28:10
Open full H5157 profile →נַחֲלָה
nachălâh · nakh-al-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form222 total Strong's occurrences
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Strong's KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 26:56Strong's last: Numbers 26:56
Open full H5159 profile →רֶגֶל
regel · reh'-gel
1 times translated as this KJV form239 total Strong's occurrences
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Strong's KJV usage: × be able to endure, × according as, × after, × coming, × follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), × great toe, × haunt, × journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 11:6Strong's last: Deuteronomy 11:6
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H272
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
H272
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
H272
And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
H272
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
H272
And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
H272
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
H272
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
H3424
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
H3424
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
H5159
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
H272
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
H272
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
H272
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
H272
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
H272
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
H272
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
H272
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
H272
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
H272
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
H3425
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
H3425
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
H3425
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
H3425
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
H3425
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
H3425
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
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possession
POSSES'SION, noun The having, holding or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy, either rightful or wrongful. One man may have the possession of a thing, and another may have the right of possession or property.
If the possession is severed from the property; if A has the right of property, and B by unlawful means has gained possession this is an injury to adjective This is a bare or naked possession
In bailment, the bailee, who receives goods to convey, or to keep for a time, has the possession of the goods, and a temporary right over them, but not the property. Property in possession includes both the right and the occupation. Long undisturbed possession is presumptive proof of right or property in the possessor.
1. The thing possessed; land, estate or goods owned; as foreign possessions.
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Obadiah 1:17.
When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:22.
2. Any thing valuable possessed or enjoyed. Christian peace of mind is the best possession of life.
3. The state of being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession
Writ of possession a precept directing a sheriff to put a person in peaceable possession of property recovered in ejectment.
To take possession to enter on, or to bring within one's power or occupancy.
To give possession to put in another's power or occupancy.
POSSES'SION, verb transitive To invest with property. [Not used.]
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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