Greek verb · G2816
κληρονομέω
kleronomeoklay-ron-om-eh'-o
to receive by lot.; to inherit
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: klēronoméō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2816is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 13spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2816
to be an heir to (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: be heir, (obtain by) inherit(-ance).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kleronomeo is rendered "to receive by lot.; to inherit". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to receive by lot.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5κληρονομήσουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eight of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to receive by lot., and to inherit.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to receive by lot. | Tagged as
and 1 more, 12 uses in all | WhereMatthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. |
| to inherit | Tagged as
| WhereDeuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κληρονόμος | kleronomos | heir | Uses15 |
| κληρονομία | kleronomia | inheritance | Uses14 |
| κλῆρος | kleros | lot | Uses11 |
| κληρόω | kleroo | to obtain | Uses1 |
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κληρονομήσουσιν3
- κληρονομῆσαι2
- κληρονομήσει2
- κληρονομήσω2
- κεκληρονόμηκεν1
- κληρονομεῖ1
- κληρονομεῖν1
- κληρονομήσατε1
- κληρονομήσει.¶1
- κληρονομήσητε1
- κληρονομήσουσιν;¶1
- κληρονομήσω;¶1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-FAI-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-FAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
Matthew
three uses
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- κληρονομήσουσινkleronomesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will inherit
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- κληρονομήσει.¶kleronomeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will inherit
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- κληρονομήσατεkleronomesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do inherit
Mark
one use
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- κληρονομήσω;¶kleronomesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may inherit
Luke
two uses
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- κληρονομήσωkleronomesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I inherit
Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- κληρονομήσωkleronomesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will I inherit
1 Corinthians
four uses
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- κληρονομήσουσιν;¶kleronomesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will inherit
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
- κληρονομήσουσινkleronomesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will inherit
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- κληρονομῆσαιkleronomesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to inherit
- κληρονομεῖkleronomeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does inherit
Galatians
two uses
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
- κληρονομήσειkleronomeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will inherit
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- κληρονομήσουσινkleronomesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will inherit
Hebrews
four uses
So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
- κεκληρονόμηκενkekleronomekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has inherited
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- κληρονομεῖνkleronomeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to inherit
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
- κληρονομούντωνkleronomountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: inheriting
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
- κληρονομῆσαιkleronomesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to inherit
1 Peter
one use
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- κληρονομήσητεkleronomeseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may inherit
Revelation
one use
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
- κληρονομήσειkleronomeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will inherit
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.