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inheritance

Meaning of “inheritance”

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

Definition sources

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 31:14

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Joshua 15:20
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 15:20 · retained source text

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Iudah according to their families.

Joshua 16:4
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:4 · retained source text

So the children of Ioseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, tooke their inheritance.

Joshua 16:5
¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:5 · retained source text

¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families, was thus: euen the border of their inheritance on the East side was Ataroth-Addar, vnto Bethoron the vpper.

Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:8 · retained source text

The border went out from Tappuah Westward vnto the riuer Kanah: and the goings out thereof were at the Sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Joshua 16:9
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:9 · retained source text

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Joshua 17:4
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 17:4 · retained source text

And they came neere before Eleazar the Priest, and before Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and before the Princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to giue vs an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commaundement of the LORD, hee gaue them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

Joshua 17:6
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 17:6 · retained source text

Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sonnes: and the rest of Manassehs sonnes had the land of Gilead.

Joshua 18:4
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 18:4 · retained source text

Giue out from among you three men, for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, & goe through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shal come againe to me.

Joshua 18:7
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 18:7 · retained source text

But the Leuites haue no part among you, for the Priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance beyond Iordan on the East, which Moses the seruant of the LORD gaue them.

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Historical definitions

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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