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Lexicon :: Strong's G2818 - klēronomos

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κληρονόμος
Transliteration
klēronomos (Key)
Pronunciation
klay-ron-om'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From κλῆρος (G2819) and the base of νόμος (G3551) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. [reflexively] getting by apportionment)
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TDNT Reference: 3:767,442

Strong’s Definitions

κληρονόμος klēronómos, klay-ron-om'-os; from G2819 and the base of G3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor:—heir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G2818 in the following manner: heir (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G2818 in the following manner: heir (15x).

  1. one who receives by lot, an heir

    1. an heir

    2. in Messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship

  2. one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted to him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κληρονόμος klēronómos, klay-ron-om'-os; from G2819 and the base of G3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor:—heir.
STRONGS G2818:
κληρονόμος, κληρονόμου, ὁ (κλῆρος, and νέμομαι, to possess), properly, one who receives by lot; hence,
1. an heir (in Greek writings from Plato down);
a. properly: Matthew 21:38; Mark 12:7; Luke 20:14; Galatians 4:1.
b. in Messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship: so of Christ, as κληρονόμος πάντων, all things being subjected to his sway, Hebrews 1:2; of Christians, as exalted by faith to the dignity of sons of Abraham and so of sons cf God, and hence, to receive the blessings of God's kingdom promised to Abraham: absolutely, Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29; with τοῦ Θεοῦ added, i. e. of God's possessions, equivalent to τῆς δόξης (see δόξα, III. 4 b.), Romans 8:17; Θεοῦ διά Χριστοῦ, by the favor of Christ (inasmuch as through him we have obtained ἡ υἱοθεσία), Galatians 4:7 Rec., for which L T Tr WH read διά Θεοῦ (see διά, A. III. 1) (cf. C. F. A. Fritzsche in Fritzschiorum opuscc., p. 148 (who advocates the Rec. as that reading in which the others probably originated (but cf. Meyer, in the place cited; WH in loc.))); τοῦ κόσμου, of government over the world, Romans 4:13f; ζωῆς: αἰωνίου, Titus 3:7; τῆς βασιλείας, James 2:5.
2. the idea of inheritance having disappeared, one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted him: with the genitive of the tiring, Hebrews 6:17; Hebrews 11:7; τοῦ σκότους, used of the devil, Ev. Nicod. c. 20 (or Descens. Chr. ad Inferos 4,1). (The Sept. four times for יורֵשׁ: Judges 18:7; 2 Samuel 14:7; Jeremiah 8:10; Micah 1:15.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
18:7
2 Samuel
14:7
Jeremiah
8:10
Micah
1:15
Matthew
21:38
Mark
12:7
Luke
20:14
Romans
4:13; 8:17; 8:17
Galatians
3:29; 4:1; 4:7
Titus
3:7
Hebrews
1:2; 6:17; 11:7
James
2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2818 matches the Greek κληρονόμος (klēronomos),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:7 - But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:13 - For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:14 - For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:17 - and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:29 - And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 - I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,[fn] though he is the owner of everything,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:7 - So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:7 - so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:2 - but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
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