διάδοχ-ος G1240
successor; one who follows another in office or position
This noun designates someone who succeeds another in office, position, or responsibility. Acts 24:27 mentions Felix being succeeded by Porcius Festus as governor. The term could refer to succession in military command, political office, or philosophical schools. The concept of one person replacing another in an official capacity is fundamental. All major language glosses (successor, sucesor, successeur) converge on this meaning.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A successor in office or position, one who takes over another's responsibilities or authority. When Felix's term as procurator ended, Porcius Festus came as his 'successor' (Acts 24:27), assuming the governorship and inheriting pending cases like Paul's imprisonment. The term emphasizes official succession and transfer of authority from one officeholder to the next. 1×
AR["خَلَفًا"]·ben["উত্তরাধিকারী"]·DE["διάδοχον"]·EN["a-successor"]·FR["successeur"]·heb["מְמַלֵּא"]·HI["उत्तराधिकारी"]·ID["pengganti"]·IT["successore"]·jav["gantos"]·KO["후임자를"]·RU["преемника"]·ES["sucesor"]·SW["mrithi"]·TR["halef"]·urd["جانشین"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
διάδοχ-ος, ον, succeeding a person in a thing: __1 with dative person et genitive of things, δ. Μεγαβάζῳ τῆς στρατηγίης his successor in the command, Refs 5th c.BC+; θνητοῖς.. διάδοχοι μοχθημάτων succeeding them in, i.e. relieving them from, toils, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 with genitive of things only, δ. τῆς Ἀστυόχου ναυαρχίας succeeding to his command, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 with genitive person only,…