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inheritance

Meaning of “inheritance”

A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
239 occurrences203 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:14

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1 Kings 8:36
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:36 · retained source text

Then heare thou in heauen, and forgiue the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walke, and giue raine vpon thy land which thou hast giuen to thy people for an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:51
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:51 · retained source text

For they bee thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of the furnace of iron:

1 Kings 8:53
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:53 · retained source text

For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.

1611 marginal noteExod. 19.6.

1 Kings 12:16
¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 12:16 · retained source text

¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkned not vnto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion haue we in Dauid? neither haue we inheritance in the sonne of Iesse: to your tents, O Israel: nowe see to thine owne house, Dauid. So Israel departed vnto their tents.

1 Kings 21:3
And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:3 · retained source text

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it mee, that I should giue the inheritance of my fathers vnto thee.

1 Kings 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:4 · retained source text

And Ahab came into his house, heauie, and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Iezreelite had spoken to him: for he had saide, I will not giue thee the inheritance of my fathers: and he laid him downe vpon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eate no bread.

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An estate or possession received by hereditary right; a possession that may descend to an heir; an estate given by donation or divine appropriation; that which is possessed or enjoyed.

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