Word

κληρονόμος

klēronómos · G2818 · Greek · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

one who receives, one who comes into possession of, receiver, heir

(Derivative of κληρονομέω ‘to gain as a possession,’) One who receives something as a gift

Examples
Romans 4:13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified;
Titus 3:7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
heir

(Derivative of κληρονομέω ‘to inherit,’) The person who inherits possessions

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 20:14 “But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

How it’s used In 5 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

6 occurrences in 7 groups

δικαιοσύνηrighteousness 1
ἐπαγγελίαpromise 1
θεόςGod 1
κόσμοςworld 1
πᾶςall, every, each 1
πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπιδείκνυμιto show 1

Second object ofSecond object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκλέγομαιto choose 1
τίθημιto put 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

νήπιοςsmall child 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

5 occurrences in 3 groups

οὗτοςthis 3
νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 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 1 word

יָרַשׁ yârash · H3423 · to inherit, to possess, to be (someone's) heir: κληρονόμος (klēronómos, G2818) κληρονόμος denotes the person who inherits (the inheritor/heir), while יָרַשׁ (yârash, H3423) יָרַשׁ denotes the action of inheriting or taking possession; both terms share the core semantic domain of inheritance and possession, with the Greek noun focusing on the role/status and the Hebrew verb focusing on the process.

Semantic domains 2 entries

One who receives, one who comes into possession of, receiver, heir57.133: κληρονόμος can name one who comes into possession of something promised. Romans 4:13 states that the promise to Abraham that he would be “heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith,” the κληρονόμος here naming Abraham as the one who would receive this promise.
Heir57.139: More specifically, κληρονόμος names an heir in the fuller sense of one who shares in an inheritance alongside others. Romans 8:17 declares believers “heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,” the κληρονόμοι naming this shared status as heirs together with Christ.

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×κληρονόμοςklēronómos · G2818κληρονομία klēronomía · G2817 · possession, inheritance · 14×συγκληρονόμος 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 κληρονόμου, ὁ (κλῆρος, and νέμομαι, to possess), properly, one who receives by lot;…

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: Mt 21:38; Mk 12:7; Lk 20:14; Gal 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, Heb 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, Rom 8:17; Gal 3:29; with τοῦ Θεοῦ added, i. e. of God's possessions, equivalent to τῆς δόξης (see δόξα, III. 4 b.), Rom 8:17; Θεοῦ διά Χριστοῦ, by the favor of Christ (inasmuch as through him we have obtained ἡ υἱοθεσία), Gal 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, Rom 4:13f; ζωῆς: αἰωνίου, Tit 3:7; τῆς βασιλείας, Jas 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, Heb 6:17; Heb 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: Judg 18:7; 2 Sam 14:7; Jer 8:10; Mic 1:15.)

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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0