Strong G2817κληρονομία

inheritance

Transliteration
klēronomia
Pronunciation
klay-ron-om-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2818; heirship that is (concretely) a patrimony or (generally) a possession: - inheritance.

Detailed definition

κληρονομία, -ας, ἡ
(κληρονόμος) [in LXX chiefly for נַחֲלָה, also for יְרֻשָּׁה, etc.;]
prop., an inherited property, an inheritance: Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7, Luk.12:13 20:14; in general, a possession, inheritance: Act.7:5, Heb.11:8; of the Messianic Kingdom and its blessings, Act.20:32, Gal.3:18, Col.3:24, Eph.1:14, 18 5:5, Heb.9:15, 1Pe.1:4.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2817 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • inheritance14
  • of1
  • on1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. Mark 12:7
    But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
  3. Luke 12:13
    And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
  4. 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.
  5. Acts 7:5
    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
  6. Acts 20:32
    And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
  7. Galatians 3:18
    For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
  8. Ephesians 1:14
    Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
  9. Ephesians 1:18
    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  10. Ephesians 5:5
    For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  11. Colossians 3:24
    Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
  12. Hebrews 9:15
    And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
  13. Hebrews 11:8
    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
  14. 1 Peter 1:4
    To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κληρονομ-ία, ἡ,
inheritance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.43, etc.)]; ἡ κ. κατὰ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν inheritance as heir-at-law, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.3; κ. μὴκατὰδόσιν, ἀλλὰκατὰ γένος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1309a23: _metaphorically_, εἰλήφασι τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος κ. αἱ σωματικαὶ ἡδοναί)] have taken possession of.., [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1153b33.)]
2 property, possession, ἀνέζευξεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν κ. αὐτοῦ [LXX (LXX.Jdt.16.21(25), cf. LXX.1Mac.2.56, 6.24.)]