κληρονομία klēronomia

Greek word for “inheritance” · Strong’s G2817 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

κληρονομία, -ας, ἡ; (κληρονόμος);

How it is translated

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

• inheritance 14

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ephesians 1 (2), Matthew 21 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 20 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 20 (1), Galatians 3 (1), Ephesians 5 (1), Colossians 3 (1)

Forms

• κληρονομίαν 7
• κληρονομίας 4
• κληρονομία 3

Words used with it

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

• κληρονόμος klēronomos “heir” 3
• γεωργός geōrgos “farmer” 3
• ἀποκτείνω apokteinō “to kill” 3
• ἀπολύτρωσις apolutrōsis “redemption” 2
• δεῦτε deute “come” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 3
• ἐπαγγελία epangelia “promise” 2
• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 2
• καλέω kaleō “to call” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 21:38 — But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
• Luke 20:14 — But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
• Acts 7:5 — And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed…
• Acts 20:32 — And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are…
• Galatians 3:18 — For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
• Ephesians 1:14 — Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Ephesians 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the…
• Ephesians 5:5 — For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
• Colossians 3:24 — Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• Hebrews 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first…
• Hebrews 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he…
• 1 Peter 1:4 — To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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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.