Klēronomos κληρονόμος

Klēronomos (Greek κληρονόμος, Strong's G2818) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “heir”. It occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Inheritance

Verses

Every verse with Klēronomos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• 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.But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Mark

• Mark 12:7
  But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Luke

• 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.But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Romans

• Romans 4:13
  For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
• Romans 4:14
  For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
• Romans 8:17
  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.And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Galatians

• Galatians 3:29
  And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
• Galatians 4:1
  Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
• Galatians 4:7
  Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

Titus

• Titus 3:7
  That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 1:2
  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
• Hebrews 6:17
  Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
• Hebrews 11:7
  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

James

• James 2:5
  Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).