Quick Definition
κληρονόμος, ου, ὁ n.m. an heir, inheritor
Strong's Definition
from 2819 and the base of 3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
KJV Usage: heir
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | κληρόω + νομίζω
57.133 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
one who receives, one who comes into possession of, receiver, heir (derivative of κληρονομέω[a] ‘to gain as a possession,’ 57.131) one who receives something as a gift
1 TIT 3:7 · JAS 2:5 It is possible to interpret κληρονόμος in JAS 2:5 (and particularly in TIT 3:7) as identifying essentially a future experiencer, but with the additional components of the experience being valuable and not having been worked for. In this respect κληρονόμος overlaps between Subdomain I, Receive, in Domain 57 Possess, Transfer, Exchange, and Domain 90 Case.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κληρο-νόμος, -ου, 6, (κλῆρος. and νέμομαι to possess), prop. one who receives by lot; hence 1. an heir (in Grk. writ. fr. Plat. down) ; a. prop.: Mt. xxi. 38; Mk. xii. 7; Lk. xx. 14; Gal. iv. 1. b. in Messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship : so of Christ, as κληρονόμος πάντων, all things being subjected to his sway, Heb. i. 2; of Christians, as exalted by faith to the dignity of sons of Abraham and so of sons of God, and hence to receive the blessings of God’s kingdom promised to Abraham: absol., Ro. viii.17; Gal. iii. 29; with τοῦ θεοῦ added, i. 6. of God's possessions, equiv. to τῆς δόξης (see δόξα, III. 4 b.), Ro. viii. 17; θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ, by the favor of Christ (inasmuch as through him we have obtained ἡ viobeaia), Gal. iv. 7 Rec., for which LT Tr WH read διὰ θεοῦ [see διά, A. IIT. 1] (cf. C. F. A. Fritzsche in Fritzschiorum opusce. p. 148 [who advocates the Rec. as that reading in which the others prob. originated (but cf. Meyer in loc.; WH in loc.)]); τοῦ κόσμου, of government over the world, Ro. iv. 13 sq.; ζωῆς αἰωνίου, Tit. iii. 7; τῆς βασιλείας, Jas. ii. 5. 2. the idea of inheritance having disappeared, one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted him: w. gen. of the thing, Heb. vi. 17; xi. 7; τοῦ σκότους, used of the devil, Ey. Nicod.c. 20 [or Descens. Chr. ad Inferos 4,1]. (Sept. four times for wry: Judg. xviii. 7; 2S. xiv. 7; Jer. viii. 10; Mice. i. 15.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κληρονόμος klēronomos 15x
an heir, Mt. 21:38; Gal. 4:1; a possessor, Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:7; Jas. 2:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κληρο-νόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< κλῆρος, νέμομαι, to possess), [in LXX: Jg 18:7, II Ki 14:7, Mi 1:15, Je 8:10 (יוֹרֵשׁ), Si 23:22*;]
(as in cl.) an heir: Mt 21:38, Mk 12:7, Lk 20:14, Ga 4:1; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, He 1:2; of Abraham, Ro 4:13, 14; of Christians, Ro 8:17, Ga 3:29, Tit 3:7, Ja 2:5.
(As in LXX: Jg 18:7, Mi 1:15, Je 8:10) a possessor: He 6:17 11:7 (Cremer, 359 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κληρονόμος. For κληρονόμος in its ordinary sense of “ heir,” which is found in the NT in such passages as Mt 2158, Gal 4", we may cite P Oxy I. 1058 (A.D. 117-137) ἐὰν δὲ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τελευτήσω τῇ διαθήκῃ, κληρονόμον ἀπολείπω τὴν θυγατέραν (corrected to -έρα) μου Appwvody . .. “if I die with this will unchanged, I leave my daughter Ammonous heir... .,” P Meyer 653 (A.D. 125) μετηλλαχότος δὲ τοῦ Φιλίππου ἐπὶ κληρονόμῳ υἱῷ ᾿Αφροδεισίῳ, ‘* Philip has died and his son Aphrodisius is heir,” and 20. 85 (a.D. 151) ἡ ἀμφοτέρων μήτηρ Διδυμάριον ἐτελεύτησεν . . . ἐπὶ κληρονόμοις ἡμεῖν. The word as involving the responsibilities of heirship is illustrated from the Macedonian inscrr. by Ferguson Lega/ Terms, p. 56ff., e.g. No. 180— Ei δὲ ὁ κληρονόμος ὁ ἐμὸς παραπέμψῃ τι, δώσει τῷ ταμιείῳ δηνάρια Wy. “Βαξ if my heir neglect anything he shall pay to the treasurer a fine of 750 denarii.’’ Attention is also drawn to the ** conditions ” attaching to heirship as an element common to the inscrr. and to the NT. ‘‘ In the latter every man might become an heir by complying with the conditions of the promise given to Abraham. In the inscriptions the one thing most often emphasized is the obligation of the KAnpoνόμος to fulfil certain conditions devolving upon him as heir. When Paul insists that only those who fulfil the conditions of heirship are truly heirs, he is making use of a well-known principle ’’ (p. 58).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κληρονόμος (klēronomos) — heir. 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+]