Heir
κληρονόμοςStrong’s G2818klēronomos
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Klēronomos is the Greek word usually translated “heir”, “heirs” and “heir of”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
Meaning
Usually translated “heir”, “heirs” and “heir of”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- heir 7
- heirs 7
- an heir of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 3
- Galatians 3
- Hebrews 3
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 21:38But 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.
- Mark 12:7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.
- Luke 20:14But 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 4:13For 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 4:14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- Romans 8:17And 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.
Greek dictionary
κληρονόμος klēronomos · heir
κληρο-νόμος, -ου, ὁ (κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess) [in LXX: Jdg.18:7, 2Ki.14:7, Mic.1:15, Jer.8:10 (יָרַשׁ), Sir.23:22 * ;] 1. (as in cl.) an heir: Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7, Luk.20:14, Gal.4:1; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, Heb.1:2; of Abraham, Rom.4:13-14; of Christians, Rom.8:17, Gal.3:29, Tit.3:7, Jas.2:5. 2. (As in LXX: Jg, Mi, Je, ll. with) a possessor: Heb.6:17 11:7 (Cremer, 359 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “heir” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HEIR, noun
are. [Latin haeres, haeredis.]
- The man who succeeds, or is to succeed another in the possession of lands, tenements and hereditaments, by descent; the man on whom the law casts an estate of inheritance by the death of the ancestor or former possessor; or the man in whom the title to an estate of inheritance is vested by the operation of law, on the death of a former owner.“Lo, one born in my house is my heir” Genesis 15:3
- One who inherits, or takes from an ancestor.
- One who succeeds to the estate of a former possessor. Jeremiah 49:1Micah 1:15
- One who is entitled to possess.
All definitions and other forms of “heir”
HEIR, verb transitive
are. To inherit; to take possession of an estate of inheritance, after the death of the ancestor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.