1. heir (one who inherits) — An heir, one who receives an inheritance, used both literally (as in the parable of the wicked tenants, Matt 21:38, Mark 12:7, Luke 20:14) and theologically for believers as heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ (Rom 8:17, Gal 3:29, 4:7, Tit 3:7, Heb 1:2). Multilingual evidence is consistent: spa 'heredero/herederos', hin 'varis' (same form sg/pl), arb 'warith/waratha' (heir/heirs), kor '상속자' (sangsokja), swa 'mrithi/warithi' (sg/pl following Bantu noun class). The singular (N-NMS, N-AMS) vs plural (N-NMP, N-DMP, N-AMP) split is purely inflectional number with identical semantics. 15×
AR["الوارِثُ","وارِثاً","وارِثونَ","وارِثينَ","وارِثٌ","وارِثُ","وَارِثًا","وَرَثَةً","وَرَثَةٌ","وَرَثَةِ"]·ben["উত্তরাধিকারী","উত্তরাধিকারীগণ,","উত্তরাধিকারীদের","উত্তরাধিকারীরা।","মেরে-ফেলি"]·DE["Erbe","Erben"]·EN["heir","heirs"]·FR["héritier"]·heb["יוֹרְשִׁים","יוֹרֵשׁ"]·HI["उत्तराधिकारी","वअरिसेन","वरिस","वरिस.","वारिस","वारिस-भी","वारिसों","वारिस।"]·ID["ahli-waris","ahli-waris,","ahli-waris:","pewaris","pewaris-pewaris","pewaris."]·IT["erede","kleronomos"]·jav["ahli-waris","ahli-waris.","ahli-waris;","ahliwaris","ahliwaris,"]·KO["상속자","상속자가","상속자들","상속자들.","상속자들라면","상속자들로","상속자들에게","상속자들이","상속자들이니","상속자라","상속자로","상속자이니"]·PT["herdeiro","herdeiro;","herdeiros","herdeiros:"]·RU["-наследники","наследник","наследник;","наследникам","наследниками","наследники","наследников","наследником"]·ES["heredero","herederos"]·SW["mrithi","njooni","warithi"]·TR["mirasci","mirasçı","mirasçılar","mirasçıları","mirasçılarına","mirasçısı","varis","varisler"]·urd["وارث","وارث-ہیں","وارث:","وارثوں-کو"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
κληρονόμ-ος, Doric dialect κλᾱρονόμος, ὁ, (νέμομαι) heir, frequently the heir in possession, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the heir apparent, Refs 3rd c.AD+: with genitive person, Refs 5th c.BC+: with genitive of things, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν νόμων [δίκης] Refs 4th c.BC+