Greek Word Study
κληρονόμος
klēronómos
G2818
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G2818
KJV Translations
heir
Derivation / Root
from G2819 (κλῆρος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment);
Definition of klēronómos
κληρονόμος (klēronómos) — a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
Word Origin
This word comes from G2819 (κλῆρος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος) (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment); See the root words: G2819 (κλῆρος), G3551 (νόμος).
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from κληρονόμος.
κλῆρος
klēros
G2819
a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively)
νόμος
nómos
G3551
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
κληρονομέω
klēronoméō
G2816
to be an heir to (literally or figuratively)
κληρονομία
klēronomía
G2817
heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession
συγκληρονόμος
synklēronómos
G4789
a co-heir, i.e. (by analogy) participant in common
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