Klēronomía — G2817

G2817 · Greek — κληρονομία

Pronunciation: klay-ron-om-ee'-ah

Definition

feminine noun

heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession

  1. an inheritance, property received (or to be received) by inheritance, (Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle)
  2. what is given to one as a possession
    1. the share which an individual will have in that eternal blessedness

Usually translated as

inheritance

Origin

from G2818

Occurrences

Klēronomía occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (2), Acts (2), Galatians (1), Ephesians (3), Colossians (1), Hebrews (2), 1 Peter (1)

Strong's Lexicon — K