To inherit
נָחַלStrong’s H5157nachal (na-chal)
Appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachal is the Hebrew word usually translated “inherit”, “have an inheritance” and “give as inheritance”. It appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.”
Meaning
- To get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess(Qal) · (Piel) to divide for a possession · (Hithpael) to possess oneself of · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess
How it's translated
- they will inherit 6
- you will inherit 3
- you will have an inheritance 2
- to give as inheritance 2
- they inherited 2
- they gave as a possession 2
- and they received their inheritance 2
- he will inherit 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 12
- Deuteronomy 8
- Joshua 8
- Proverbs 6
- Exodus 3
- Psalms 3
16 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:12In contextFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
- Exodus 23:30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
- Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
- Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Leviticus 25:46And 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.
- Numbers 18:20And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
All 57 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נָחַל nachal · to inherit
1) to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession, inherit 1a2) to have or get as a possession or property (fig.) 1a3) to divide the land for a possession 1a4) to acquire (testimonies) (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to divide for a possession 1c) (Hithpael) to possess oneself of 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to give as a possession 1d2) to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance 1e) (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “inherit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INHER'IT, verb transitive
[Latin hoeres, an heir. See Heir.]
- To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; to receive, as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease.
- To receive by nature from a progenitor.
- To possess; to enjoy; to take as a possession, by gift or divine appropriation; as, to inherit everlasting life; to inherit the promises.“--That thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee” Deuteronomy 16:20“The meek shall inherit the earth” Matthew 5:5
All definitions and other forms of “inherit”
INHER'IT, verb intransitive
To take or have possession or property.
- “--Thou shall not inherit in our father's house” Judges 11:2
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.