klēronomeō · inherit

What it means

klēronomeō (κληρονομέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “inherit”.

Receive as an inheritance; receive what God has promised.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To receive what God promises, as a family legacy.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• inherit ×17
• he has inherited ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• 1 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×2
• Hebrews×4
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:5

  Happy are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

• Matthew 19:29

  And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

• Matthew 25:34

  Then the King will say to those at his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

• Mark 10:17

  And as he was going out on the way, a man ran up and knelt before him and was asking him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

• Luke 10:25

  And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

• Luke 18:18

  And a certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

• 1 Corinthians 6:9

  Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor men who lie with males,

• 1 Corinthians 6:10

  nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

• 1 Corinthians 15:50

  Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does decay inherit imperishability.

• Galatians 4:30

  But what does the Scripture say? Drive out the slave woman and her son; for the son of the slave woman will never inherit with the son of the free woman.

• Galatians 5:21

  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these, about which I tell you beforehand, as I told you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

• Hebrews 1:4

  having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

• Hebrews 1:14

  Are they not all ministering spirits sent out for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

• Hebrews 6:12

  so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

• Hebrews 12:17

  For you know that even afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind, although he sought it with tears.

• 1 Peter 3:9

  not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

• Revelation 21:7

  The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

And 1 more times.