Strongs Number: G2818
- Greek Word
- κληρονόμος
- Transliteration
- klēronomos
- Phonetic
- klay-ron-om'-os
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a sharer by lot that is an inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication a possessor
- Thayers Definition
-
1. one who receives by lot, an heir
a. an heir
b. in Messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship
2. one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted to him
- Origin
- From G2819 and the base of G3551 (in its original sense of partitioning that is [reflexively] getting by apportionment)
- Bible Usage
- heir.