Words the Bible translates as possession
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- klēronomiaκληρονομίαan inheritance: property or a possession received as one's rightful share, whether a family estate handed down or the possession God grants by promise
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- kataschesisκατάσχεσιςpossessionnot studied yet
- aḥuzzahאֲחֻזָּהa permanent holding: land (or property) held in lasting, heritable ownership
- ktēmaκτῆμαpossessionnot studied yet
- miqnahמִקְנָהa purchase: what is gained by paying money for it, whether the buying itself, the price handed over, or the property so acquired.
- yerushshahיְרֻשָּׁהa possession: land or property held as one's own, whether granted to a people to occupy or received by hereditary right
- morashahמוֹרָשָׁהa permanent holding: what is handed over to a group to keep as its own, most often the land itself
- peripoiēsisπεριποίησιςa holding of something as one's own, whether by keeping it safe or by gaining it, and by extension the treasured thing so held
- segullahסְגֻלָּהa treasured possession: property set aside as personally one's own and prized above all the rest of what one owns
- morashמוֹרָשׁpossessionnot studied yet
- yereshahיְרֵשָׁהpossessionnot studied yet
- mimshaqמִמְשָׁקpossessionnot studied yet
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