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Strong's G2816 · Greek

κληρονομέω

kleronomeo · klay-ron-om-eh'-o

from 2818; to be an heir to (literally or figuratively)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κληρονομέω (G2816)

18 κληρονομέω , -ῶ ( κληρονόμος ), [in LXX chiefly for ירשׁ , also for נחל , etc.;] to receive by lot . to inherit (in cl., usually c. gen. rei): absol., Ga 4:30 (LXX) ; in general, to possess oneself of , receive as one's own , obtain (as De 4:5 , al., cf. Ps 24 (25):3 , Is 61:7 ): c. acc. rei (as generally in late Gk., v. M, Pr. , 65), of the Messianic Kingdom (cf. Ps 36 (37):11 , Si 4:13 37:26 , and v. Dalman, Words , 125 ff.) and its blessings and privileges, τ. γῆν , Mt 5:5 (cf. LXX) ; τ. βασιλείαν , β. θεοῦ , Mt 25:34 , I Co 6:9 , 10 15:50 , Ga 5:21 ; ζωὴν αἰώνιον , Mt 19:29 , Mk 10:17 , Lk 10:25 18:18 ; σωτηρίαν , He 1:14 ; τ. ἐπαγγελίας , He 6:12 ; ἀφθαρσίαν , I Co 15:50 ; ὄνομα , He 1:4 ; τ. εὐλογίαν , He 12:17 , I Pe 3:9 ; ταῦτα , Re 21:7 (cf. κατα-κληρονομέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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