klēronomia · inheritance

What it means

klēronomia (κληρονομία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “inheritance”.

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. What one receives from parents or from God.

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

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×2
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×3
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×2
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 21:38

  But the tenant farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’

• Mark 12:7

  But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

• Luke 12:13

  And someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

• Luke 20:14

  But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.’

• Acts 7:5

  And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foothold; and he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, when he had no child.

• Acts 20:32

  And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

• Galatians 3:18

  For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by promise; but to Abraham God has granted it through promise.

• Ephesians 1:14

  which is the pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of his glory.

• Ephesians 1:18

  the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints are,

• Ephesians 5:5

  For this you know, recognizing that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

• Colossians 3:24

  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord, the Messiah, whom you serve as slaves.

• Hebrews 9:15

  And for this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

• Hebrews 11:8

  By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance; and he went out not knowing where he was going.

• 1 Peter 1:4

  to an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, kept in heaven for you,