κληρονόμος
klēronomos
“heir”
Definition
a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
from G2819 (κλῆρος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
κληρονόμος appears 14 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
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