Co-heir
συγκληρονόμοςStrong’s G4789sugklēronomos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sugklēronomos is the Greek word usually translated “joint-heirs”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “joint-heirs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- joint-heirs 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- Ephesians 1
- Hebrews 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ephesians 3:6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
- Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Greek dictionary
συγκληρονόμος sugklēronomos · co-heir
συν-κληρο-νόμος (Rec. συγκ-), -ου, ὁ a co-inheritor, fellow-heir: Rom.8:17, Eph.3:6; with genitive of thing(s), Heb.11:9, 1Pe.3:7 (for exx., see Deiss., LAE, 88 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “coheir” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COHEIR, noun
A joint heir; one who succeeds to a share of an inheritance, which is to be divided among two or more.
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.