G2818Greekklēronómos

κληρονόμος

a sharer by lot, i.e., inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor

15
Total Occurrences
8
Books
0
Old Testament
15
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1one who receives by lot, an heir
  • 2an heir
  • 3in messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship
  • 4one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted to him

Etymology & Derivation

from g2819 and the base of g3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment)

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