Definition

a possession; figuratively, delight

Etymology

from H3423 (יָרַשׁ);

Word family

• יָרַשׁ yârash

How the KJV renders it

• possession
• thought

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.