Quick Definition
κληρονομία, ας, ἡ n.f. an inheritance
Strong's Definition
from 2818; heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession
KJV Usage: inheritance
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | κληρόω + νομίζω
57.132 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
possession (derivative of κληρονομέω[a] ‘to gain as a possession,’ 57.131) a valuable possession which has been received
ACT 7:5 · EPH 1:18 · EPH 5:5 · HEB 9:15 · HEB 11:8 · 1PE 1:4
57.140 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
inheritance (derivative of κληρονομέω[b] ‘to inherit,’ 57.138) that which is received from a deceased person In LUK 12:13 it may also be possible to render κληρονομία as ‘the property our father left us’ or ‘the property which our father said should be given to us.’
MAT 21:38 · MRK 12:7 · LUK 12:13 · LUK 20:14 · ACT 20:32 · GAL 3:18 · EPH 1:14 · COL 3:24 · HEB 9:15
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κληρονομία, -as, 7, (κληρονόμος), Sept. time and again for 12M), several times for NW, NWI, ete. ; 1. an inheritance, property received (or to be received) by inheritance, (Isocr., Dem., Aristot.): Mt. xxi. 38; Mk. xii. 7; Lk. xii. 13; xx. 14. 2. what is given to one as a possession ([ οἵ. Eng. “inheritance” ]; see κληρονομέω. 2): διδόναι τί τινι κληρονομίαν, Acts vii. 5; AapBavew τι eis κληρ. Heb. xi. 8 [(cf. Aristot. eth. Nic. 7, 14 p- 1153”, 33)]. Agreeably to the O. T. usage, which employs 75m now of the portion of the holy land allotted to each of the several tribes (Josh. xiii. 23, 28, ete.), now of the whole territory given to Israel for a possession (Deut. iv. 38; xv.4, ete. —and nothing appeared to the Israelites more desirable than the quiet, prosperous, permanent possession of this land, see κληρονομέω, 2), the noun κληρονομία, lifted to a loftier sense in the N. T., is used to denote a. the eternal blessedness in the consummated kingdom of God which is to be expected after the visible return of Christ: Gal. iii. 18; Col. iii. 24 (τῆς κληρ. gen. of appos. [W. § 59, 8 a.]); Heb. ix. 15; 1 Pet. i. 4; ἡμῶν, destined for us, Eph. i. 14; τοῦ θεοῦ, given by God, 18. b. the share which an individual will have in that eternal blessedness: Acts xx. 32; Eph. v. δ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κληρονομία klēronomia 14x
an inheritance, patrimony, Mt. 21:38; Mk. 12:7; a possession, portion, property, Acts 7:5; 20:32; in NT a share, participation in privileges, Acts 20:32; Eph. 1:14; 5:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κληρονομία, -ας, ἡ
(< κληρονόμος) [in LXX chiefly for נַחֲלָה, also for יְרֻשָּׁה, etc.;]
prop., an inherited property, an inheritance: Mt 21:38, Mk 12:7, Lk 12:13 20:14; in general, a possession, inheritance: Ac 7:5, He 11:8; of the Messianic Kingdom and its blessings, Ac 20:32, Ga 3:18, Col 3:24, Eph 1:14, 18 5:5, He 9:15, I Pe 1:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κληρονομια asserts that a mortgage was made in order that it might be stolen ; for it is impossible for that to have been stolen which neither ever existed at all, nor could exist’’ (Edd.). In BGU I. 32277 (A.p. 216) (= Chrest. 11. p. 140) we have a petition that certain petitioners should be brought to justice —]pds τὸ... δυνηθῆναί pe ἀντὶ πλειόνων τῶν κλεπέντων τὰς σ]ταθείσ[ας] μου πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ἑπτὰ ἀπολαβίεῖ]ν. With the perf. act. κέκλεβα, as in Sy// 6537° (cited s.v. κλέμμα), cf. MGr κλέβω, found alongside κλέφω -and κλέφτω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κληρονομία (klēronomia) — inheritance. 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]