Bible Verse Dictionary
Numbers 26:55 - Tribes
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Notwithstanding | H389 | אַךְ |
[Adverb] a particle of {affirmation} surely; hence (by limitation) only |
the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
shall be divided | H2505 | חָלַק |
[Verb] to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate |
by lot | H1486 | גּוֹרָל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {pebble} that {is} a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot) |
according to the names | H8034 | שֵׁם |
[Noun Masculine] compare H8064); an {appellation} as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication {honor} {authority } character |
of the tribes | H4294 | מַטֶּה |
[Noun Masculine] a branch (as extending); figuratively a tribe; also a {rod} whether for chastising (figuratively {correction }) ruling (a {sceptre }) throwing (a {lance }) or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of {life} for example bread) |
of their fathers | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
they shall inherit | H5157 | נָחַל |
[Verb] to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of {descent}) or (generally) to occupy; causatively to {bequeath} or (generally) {distribute} instate |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.