noun · feminine
klēronomias
Strong’sG2817
an inheritance
stem klēronomi-14 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Κληρονομία means an inheritance – property that passes to someone as an heir 124, and more broadly any possession or thing held as one's own 13.
In the New Testament it is used both literally, of property left by a person at death 1, and figuratively, of the Messianic Kingdom and the blessings that belong to it, which believers are pictured as receiving the way an heir receives an inheritance 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
κληρονομία, -ας, ἡ
(< κληρονόμος) [in LXX chiefly for נַחֲלָה, also for יְרֻשָּׁה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2817 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidklay-ron-om-ee'-ah
heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession
Fromfrom G2818;
King Jamesinheritance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | klēronomias3×κληρονομία | klēronomiais |
| object accusative | klēronomian7×κληρονομίαν | klēronomiain |
| direct address vocative | klēronomiar | klēronomiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | klēronomiau4×κληρονομίας | klēronomiaiu |
| to, for dative | klēronomia | klēronomiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
klēronomia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
klēronomias“inheritance”subjectnominative singular3×
Mark 12:7… apoktenaneia auton, kai nu eti tas klēronomias.… let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Luke 20:14… apoktenaneia auton, hina nu geneteia tas klēronomias;… Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Galatians 3:18ei gar ek nomou tas klēronomias, ouketi ek epangeliau; to de Abraam …For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it …
klēronomian“inheritance”objectaccusative singular7×
Matthew 21:38… deute apoktenaneia auton kai echaneia tan klēronomian autou;… us kill him and take his inheritance.’
Luke 12:13… adelfo mu merizera meta mu tan klēronomian.… tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Acts 7:5kai ouk dōata auto klēronomian en auta oude bēmem podou, kai …He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of …
Acts 20:32… to dunorōnto oikodomara kai dōara tan klēronomian en toi hagiazorēntoi pantoi.… you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
Ephesians 5:5… pleonektos, hem atō eidōlolatros, ouk echatō klēronomian en ta basileia tou Christou kai …… that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and …
Hebrews 11:8… eis topon hon mellate labarō eis klēronomian, kai exerchata mē epistorōntos pou erchotō.… he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where …
1 Peter 1:4eis klēronomian afthartan kai amiantan kai amarantan, tērorēntan …and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading …
klēronomiau“inheritance”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Ephesians 1:14hem atō arrabōnos tau klēronomiau nu, eis apolutrōsian tau peripoiēsiau, eis …who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who …
Ephesians 1:18… tinos tos ploutos tau doxau tau klēronomiau autou en toi hagioi,… calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Colossians 3:24… apo kuriou apolabevi tan antapodosian tau klēronomiau; to kurio Christo douleuavōr;… know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward …
Hebrews 9:15… epangelian labaleia tois kalorēntois tau aiōniau klēronomiau.… called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to …