Yᵉrushshâh — H3425

Definition

feminine noun

something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony

1. possession, inheritance

Usually translated as

possession, inheritance, heritage

Origin

from H3423

• Derived from Yârash (H3423)

Greek equivalents

• klēronomía (G2817)
• ktáomai (G2932)

Occurrences

Yᵉrushshâh occurs 14 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (3), Judges (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Deuteronomy 2:5 — Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession (יְרֻשָּׁ֣ה).
• Deuteronomy 2:9 — And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession (יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה); because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
• Deuteronomy 2:9 — And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession (יְרֻשָּֽׁה).
• Deuteronomy 2:12 — The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession (יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹ), which the LORD gave unto them.
• Deuteronomy 2:19 — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession (יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה); because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
• Deuteronomy 2:19 — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession (יְרֻשָּֽׁה).
• Deuteronomy 3:20 — Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession (לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ), which I have given you.
• Joshua 1:15 — Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession (יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙), and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
• Joshua 12:6 — Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession (יְרֻשָּׁ֗ה) unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession (יְרֻשָּׁ֖ה) according to their divisions;
• Judges 21:17 — And they said, There must be an inheritance (יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת) for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 20:11 — Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession (מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖), which thou hast given us to inherit.
• Psalms 61:5 — For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage (יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת) of those that fear thy name.
• Jeremiah 32:8 — So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance (הַיְרֻשָּׁ֛ה) is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.