Strong's Number G2818

κληρονόμος

kleronomos · klay-ron-om'-os

Transliteration:

kleronomos{klay-ron-om'-os}

Word Origin:

from 2819 and the base of 3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. [reflexively] getting by apportionment)

TDNT:

3:767,442

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

heir 15

Total: 15
Occurs 15 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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