Possession
מוֹרָשָׁהStrong’s H4181morashah (mo-ra-shah)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Morashah is the Hebrew word usually translated “possession” and “into a possession”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.”
Meaning
- A possession
How it's translated
- a possession 4
- to a possession 4
- into a possession 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 7
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 33:4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
- Ezekiel 11:15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.
- Ezekiel 25:4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
- Ezekiel 25:10Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
- Ezekiel 33:24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Ezekiel 36:2Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹרָשָׁה morashah · possession
a possession
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.