Word

κληρονομία

klēronomía · G2817 · Greek · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

possession

(Derivative of κληρονομέω ‘to gain as a possession,’) A valuable possession which has been received

Examples
Acts 7:5 “But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, He promised that He would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he had no child.
Ephesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 5:5 For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
inheritance

(Derivative of κληρονομέω ‘to inherit,’) That which is received from a deceased person

Examples
Matthew 21:38 “But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him and take possession of his inheritance!’
Mark 12:7 “But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
Luke 12:13 Now someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἐγώI, we 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 5 groups

αἰώνιοςeternal 1
ἀμάραντοςunfading 1
ἀμίαντοςundefiled 1
τηρέωto keep, to obey, to guard 1
ἄφθαρτοςimperishable 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 2
ἔχωto have 2
μερίζωto divide 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐγώI, we 2
νόμοςlaw, the Law 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

δόξαglory 1
ἐπαγγελίαpromise 1
ἀνταπόδοσιςrecompense 1
ἀῤῥαβώνfirst installment 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 4 words

נַחֲלָה nachălâh · H5159 · inheritance, heritage, recompense: נַחֲלָה (nachălâh, H5159) (נַחֲלָה, heritage/inheritance) is the direct Hebrew equivalent underlying κληρονομία (klēronomía, G2817) (κληρονομία, heirship/patrimony) in LXX translation contexts, sharing the core semantic domain of inherited property, ancestral possession, and allocated portion.
יְרֵשָׁה yᵉrêshâh · H3424 · possession (of someone else): Greek κληρονομία denotes the inherited possession or patrimony (the estate received as heir), while Hebrew יְרֵשָׁה denotes possession more broadly (property held or occupied); κληρονομία specifically emphasizes the inheritance aspect of possession that יְרֵשָׁה can denote but does not require.
יְרֻשָּׁה yᵉrushshâh · H3425 · possession (of someone else): κληρονομία (klēronomía, G2817) is the standard Greek equivalent of יְרֻשָּׁה (yᵉrushshâh, H3425), both denoting inherited property or patrimony; the Greek term appears throughout the LXX as the natural rendering of this Hebrew noun and its semantic field of inheritance/possession.
מוֹרָשָׁה môwrâshâh · H4181 · possession: מוֹרָשָׁה (môwrâshâh, H4181) denotes inherited property or possession in Hebrew scripture, conceptually equivalent to κληρονομία (klēronomía, G2817)'s patrimony/inheritance sense; the alignment reflects LXX rendering practice where Hebrew inheritance terminology is translated via Greek κληρονομία family lexemes.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Possession57.132: κληρονομία can denote a possession held or claimed, not only an inheritance strictly received at another’s death. Luke 12:13 recounts a man asking Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me,” the κληρονομία being the family estate over which the brothers were disputing.
Inheritance57.140: Most specifically, κληρονομία names an inheritance in the fuller sense of something passed on and secured for the future. Ephesians 1:14 describes the Holy Spirit as “a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession,” the κληρονομία naming this promised future inheritance guaranteed to believers.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κλῆρος klēros · G2819 · lot, possession, what is possessed · 11×κληρονομέω klēronoméō · G2816 · to receive, to be given, to gain possession of · 18×κληρονόμος klēronómos · G2818 · one who receives, one who comes into possession of, receiver · 15×κληρονομίαklēronomía · G2817συγκληρονόμος synklēronómos · G4789 · one who also receives, receiver, fellow heir · 4×κατακληροδοτέω kataklērodotéō · G2624 · to be a giver of lots to each, i.e. to apportion an estate · 1×κληρόω klēróō · G2820 · to choose in accordance with the will of God · 1×προσκληρόω prosklēróō · G4345 · to join, to join oneself to, to become a part of · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κληρονομίας, ἡ (κληρονόμος), the Sept. time and again for נַחֲלָה, several times for…

κληρονομίας, ἡ (κληρονόμος), the Sept. time and again for נַחֲלָה, several times for יְרֵשָׁה, מורָשָׁה, etc.;
1. an inheritance, property received (or to be received) by inheritance, (Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle): Mt 21:38; Mk 12:7; Lk 12:13; Lk 20:14.
2. what is given to one as a possession ((cf. English inheritance); see κληρονομέω, 2): διδόναι τί τίνι κληρονομίαν, Acts 7:5; λαμβάνειν τί εἰς κληρονομίαν, Heb 11:8 ((cf. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 7, 14, p. 1153b, 33)). Agreeably to the O. T. usage, which employs נַחֲלָה now of the portion of the holy land allotted to each of the several tribes (Josh 13:23, Josh 13:28, etc.), now of the whole territory given to Israel for a possession (Deut 4:38; Deut 15:4, etc. — and nothing appeared to the Israelites more desirable than the quiet, prosperous, permanent possession of this land, see κληρονομέω, 2), the noun κληρονομία, lifted to a loftier sense in the N. T., is used to denote a. "the eternal blessedness in the consummated kingdom of God which is to be expected after the visible return of Christ": Gal 3:18; Col 3:24 (τῆς κληρονομίας, genitive of apposition (Winer's Grammar, § 59, 8 a.)); Heb 9:15; 1 Pet 1:4; ἡμῶν, destined for us, Eph 1:14; τοῦ Θεοῦ, given by God, 18.
b. the share which an individual will have in that eternal blessedness: Acts 20:32; Eph 5:5.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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