κληρονομέω klēronomeō

Greek word for “to inherit” · Strong’s G2816 · used 18 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

κληρονομέω, -ῶ; (κληρονόμος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for klēronomeō in context, with how often each is used:

• will inherit 6
• inherit 3
• will i inherit? 2
• do inherit 1
• may inherit? 1
• will inherit? 1
• does inherit 1
• has inherited 1
• inheriting 1
• may inherit 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 6 (2), Hebrews 1 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 18 (1), 1 Corinthians 15 (1), Galatians 4 (1)

Forms

• κληρονομήσουσιν 4
• κληρονομήσει 3
• κληρονομήσω 3
• κληρονομῆσαι 2
• κληρονομήσατε 1
• κληρονομεῖ 1
• κεκληρονόμηκεν 1
• κληρονομεῖν 1
• κληρονομούντων 1
• κληρονομήσητε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with klēronomeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 5
• αἰώνιος aiōnios “eternal” 4
• ζωή zōē “life” 4
• διδάσκαλος didaskalos “teacher” 3
• εὐλογία eulogia “praise” 2
• εὐλογέω eulogeō “to praise/bless” 2
• οὔτε oute “neither” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 3
• ἐπερωτάω eperōtaō “to question” 2
• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 2

Key verses

The verses using klēronomeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:5 — Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
• Matthew 19:29 — And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an…
• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Mark 10:17 — And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal…
• Luke 10:25 — And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
• 1 Corinthians 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Galatians 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things…
• Hebrews 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Hebrews 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• 1 Peter 3:9 — Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• Revelation 21:7 — He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.