Possession
יְרֻשָּׁהStrong’s H3425yerushshah (ye-rush-shah)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yerushshah is the Hebrew word usually translated “possession”, “possession its” and “possession his”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Possession, inheritance
How it's translated
- a possession 7
- possession its 1
- to possession his 1
- possession your 1
- a possession of 1
- from possession your 1
- possession of 1
- possession 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 5
- Joshua 3
- Judges 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 2:9And 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.
- Deuteronomy 2:12The 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.
- Deuteronomy 2:19And 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.
- Deuteronomy 3:20Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
- Joshua 1:15Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
- Joshua 12:6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Hebrew dictionary
יְרֻשָּׁה yerushshah · possession
possession, inheritance
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.