Possession
יְרֵשָׁהStrong’s H3424yereshah (ye-re-shah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yereshah is the Hebrew word usually translated “possession”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.”
Meaning
- Possession, property
How it's translated
- a possession 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
יְרֵשָׁה yereshah · possession
possession, property
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “possession” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
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.
- 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
- Any thing valuable possessed or enjoyed.
- The state of being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession
All definitions and other forms of “possession”
POSSES'SION, verb transitive
To invest with property. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.