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מוֹרָשָׁה

môwrâshâh · H4181 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. possession

    An area of land that is owned by an individual or group of people, which often implies that these possessions will be passed on to the next generation

    Examples

    Exodus 6:8 ‘I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession; I am the LORD.’”

    Ezekiel 11:15 “Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Keep far from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

    Ezekiel 25:10 and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.

  2. possession

    Literally: possession; hence: a group of people that have been subdued by another group of people, which often implies that the conquerors regard the victims as their possession

    Examples

    Ezekiel 25:4 therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

  3. heritage

    Literally: possession; hence: something that an individual or group of people identifies with and wants to engage with

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 33:4 “Moses issued to us the Law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 1 word
נַחֲלָה nachălâh · H5159 · inheritance, heritage, recompense
Both words denote inheritance, heritage or possession; they are distinct words with overlapping sense.
In the other Testament 2 words
κληρονομία klēronomía · G2817 · possession, inheritance
κληρονομία (klēronomía, G2817) is the standard Greek rendering of מוֹרָשָׁה (môwrâshâh, H4181), both denoting inherited property or patrimony as a possession passed down through generations.
κατάσχεσις katáschesis · G2697 · to have, to own, to possess
Greek κατάσχεσις emphasizes the act of taking or holding possession (occupancy), while Hebrew מוֹרָשָׁה emphasizes the inherited status or right to possess (heritage/inheritance); both denote possession but from different aspectual angles—acquisition/holding versus inherited entitlement.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Objects001
מוֹרָשָׁה denotes a possession in the concrete sense of property or territory given as an inheritance, as in Exodus 6:8's promise of Canaan "as a possession."
Control002003002007
The word carries the sense of rightful ownership and control over what is inherited, as when Ezekiel 11:15 and 25:4 speak of land "given to us as a possession," asserting a claim of control over it.
Engage002003003011
The fact-packet data also assigns this lexeme the Engage domain, likely reflecting the ongoing act of holding or occupying an inheritance implied by these same possession passages, though no citation independently illustrates this sense apart from Control.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָרַשׁ yârash · H3423 · to inherit, to possess, to be (someone's) heir · 231×תִּירוֹשׁ tîyrôwsh · H8492 · must, (new) wine · 38×רֶשֶׁת resheth · H7568 · net, mesh(work) · 22×יְרֻשָּׁה yᵉrushshâh · H3425 · possession (of someone else) · 14×מוֹרָשָׁהmôwrâshâh · H4181מוֹרָשׁ môwrâsh · H4180 · possession, desire · 3×יְרֵשָׁה yᵉrêshâh · H3424 · possession (of someone else) · 2×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4181. morashah מוֺרָשָׁה noun feminine a possession; — ׳מ Exo 6:8 Exo 6:8t.; — of land…
H4181. morashah
מוֺרָשָׁה noun feminine a possession; — ׳מ Exo 6:8 Exo 6:8t.; — of land Deu 33:4 (poem), Exo 6:8 (P), Eze 11:15; Eze 25:10; Eze 33:24; Eze 36:2, Eze 36:5; of people Eze 25:4; Eze 36:3.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Objects7 occurrencesControl1 occurrenceEngage1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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