κληρονομ-ία G2817
inheritance — a share received from an ancestor, whether material property or a divinely promised spiritual portion
Kleronomia denotes what is received by right of succession, whether a landed estate, a family fortune, or a covenant promise. In classical Greek the word covered straightforward legal inheritance, but in the New Testament it is overwhelmingly theological. Jesus' parable of the vineyard tenants turns on the son's kleronomia (Matt 21:38; Mark 12:7; Luke 20:14). Paul stretches the term into eschatological territory: believers inherit an imperishable portion (Eph 1:14, 18; Col 3:24; Heb 9:15). The multilingual evidence — Spanish 'herencia,' French 'heritage,' German 'Erbe/Erbteil' — uniformly maps to the inheritance domain, whether the referent is a plot of Canaan or the kingdom of God.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An inheritance — the property, portion, or promise received by right of succession or divine grant. Encompasses both the concrete (a disputed family estate in Luke 12:13; the land promise to Abraham in Acts 7:5; Heb 11:8) and the spiritual (the believer's heavenly inheritance in Eph 1:14, 18; 1 Pet 1:4; the inheritance of the kingdom in Gal 5:21). The parable of the wicked tenants (Matt 21:38; Mark 12:7; Luke 20:14) pivots on the murderous seizure of the son's rightful kleronomia, fusing the legal and theological registers. 14×
AR["الميراثُ", "الميراثِ", "الميرَاثِ", "الْمِيرَاثَ", "ميراثٌ", "ميراثٍ", "ميراثَهُ", "ميراثُ", "ميراثِنا", "ميراثِهِ", "مِيرَاث", "مِيرَاثًا", "مِيرَاثَ"]·ben["অধিকার", "উত্তরাধিকার", "উত্তরাধিকার,", "উত্তরাধিকারে", "উত্তরাধিকারের"]·DE["Erbe", "Erbteil"]·EN["an-inheritance", "inheritance"]·FR["héritage"]·heb["הַנַּחֲלָה", "נַחֲלָה", "נַחֲלָתוֹ"]·HI["मीरास", "विरसत", "विरसत,", "विरासत", "विरासत,", "विरासत।"]·ID["warisan", "warisan,"]·IT["eredita", "eredità", "kleronomia", "kleronomian"]·jav["waris", "warisan", "warisan,", "warisan."]·KO["기업의", "유산-을", "유산으로", "유산을", "유산의", "유산이", "유업", "유업-을", "유업을", "유업이,"]·PT["herança"]·RU["наследие", "наследия", "наследства", "наследство", "наследством", "наследству"]·ES["herencia"]·SW["katika", "urithi", "wake"]·TR["miras", "miras-olarak", "mirasa", "mirasimizin", "mirasin", "mirasinin", "mirası", "mirasın", "mirasını"]·urd["میراث", "میراث-کا", "میراث-کی"]
Matt 21:38, Mark 12:7, Luke 12:13, Luke 20:14, Acts 7:5, Acts 20:32, Gal 3:18, Eph 1:14, Eph 1:18, Eph 5:5, Col 3:24, Heb 9:15 (+2 more)
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
κληρονομ-ία, ἡ, inheritance, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ κ. κατὰ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν inheritance as heir-at-law, Refs 4th c.BC+ have taken possession of.., Refs __2 property, possession, ἀνέζευξεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν κ. αὐτοῦ LXX