κληρονόμος klēronomos

Greek word for “heir” · Strong’s G2818 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

κληρο-νόμος, -ου, ὁ; (κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess);

How it is translated

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

• heir 8
• heirs 7

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 4 (2), Galatians 4 (2), Matthew 21 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 20 (1), Romans 8 (1), Galatians 3 (1), Titus 3 (1), Hebrews 1 (1), Hebrews 6 (1)

Forms

• κληρονόμος 6
• κληρονόμοι 5
• κληρονόμον 2
• κληρονόμοις 1
• κληρονόμους 1

Words used with it

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

• ἐπαγγελία epangelia “promise” 4
• κληρονομία klēronomia “inheritance” 3
• γεωργός geōrgos “farmer” 3
• πίστις pistis “faith” 4
• ἀποκτείνω apokteinō “to kill” 3
• δεῦτε deute “come” 2
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 3
• εἰ ei “if” 4
• σπέρμα sperma “seed” 2
• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3
• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 2

Key verses

The verses using klēronomos 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.
• Romans 4:13 — For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
• Romans 4:14 — For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
• Romans 8:17 — And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
• Galatians 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Galatians 4:7 — Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
• Titus 3:7 — That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Hebrews 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Hebrews 6:17 — Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
• Hebrews 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world,…
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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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.