G2818: κληρονόμος
klēronómos · “heir”
Definition
a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
KJV translates it as: heir
Word origin: from G2819 (κλῆρος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment);
Extended definition
(κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess) [in LXX: Jdg.18:7, 2Ki.14:7, Mic.1:15, Jer.8:10 (יָרַשׁ), Sir.23:22 * ;]
1. (as in cl.) an heir: Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7, Luk.20:14, Gal.4:1; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, Heb.1:2; of Abraham, Rom.4:13-14; of Christians, Rom.8:17, Gal.3:29, Tit.3:7, Jas.2:5.
2. (As in LXX: Jg, Mi, Je, ll. with) a possessor: Heb.6:17 11:7 (Cremer, 359 f.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2818 is translated
- heirs ×4
- heir; ×3
- heir ×3
- heirs, ×1
- heirs; ×1
- heirs. ×1
- an heir of ×1
- heir. ×1
Bible verses with G2818 (klēronómos)
Klēronómos appears in 14 verses.
- 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.
- Mark 12:7
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
- 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.
- 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.
- Romans 4:14
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- 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.
- Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye 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;
- Galatians 4:7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- Titus 3:7
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- 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;
- 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:
- 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.
- 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?