Hebrew word study

נָחַלnâchal to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (gener…

Pronounced “naw-khal'

to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate

Translated in the King James as: 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).

Appears 58 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus 3×
Exodus 23:30Exodus 32:13Exodus 34:9
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 25:46
Numbers 12×
Numbers 18:20Numbers 18:23Numbers 18:24Numbers 26:55Numbers 32:18Numbers 32:19Numbers 33:54Numbers 34:13Numbers 34:17Numbers 34:18Numbers 34:29+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 8×
Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 3:28Deuteronomy 12:10Deuteronomy 19:3Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 21:16Deuteronomy 31:7Deuteronomy 32:8
Joshua 9×
Joshua 1:6Joshua 13:32Joshua 14:1Joshua 16:4Joshua 17:6Joshua 19:9Joshua 19:49Joshua 19:51+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges 1×
Judges 11:2
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 2:8
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 28:8
Job 1×
Job 7:3
Psalms 3×
Psalms 69:36Psalms 82:8Psalms 119:111
Proverbs 6×
Proverbs 3:35Proverbs 8:21Proverbs 11:29Proverbs 13:22Proverbs 14:18Proverbs 28:10
Isaiah 3×
Isaiah 14:2Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 57:13
Jeremiah 3×
Jeremiah 3:18Jeremiah 12:14Jeremiah 16:19
Ezekiel 3×
Ezekiel 46:18Ezekiel 47:13Ezekiel 47:14
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 2:9
Zechariah 2×
Zech 2:12Zech 8:12

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