Definition

to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• divide
• have (inheritance)
• take as a heritage
• (cause to
• give to
• make to) inherit
• (distribute for
• divide (for
• for an
• by)
• give for
• have
• leave for
• take (for)) inheritance
• (have in
• cause to
• be made to) possess(-ion)

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.

What the first audience heard

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