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GreekG2817Noun (Feminine)

κληρονομία

klēronomia

14Occurrences
G2817Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession

from G2818 (κληρονόμος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
prop., an inherited property, an inheritance: in general, a possession, inheritance: of the Messianic Kingdom and its blessings.
LXX: chiefly for נַחֲלָה, also for יְרֻשָּׁה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

κληρονομία appears 14 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ephesians
3
Acts
2
Hebrews
2
Luke
2
1 Peter
1
Colossians
1
Galatians
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 1:4BSB

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

Acts 7:5BSB

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

Ephesians 1:14BSB

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 5:5BSB

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Hebrews 11:8BSB

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.