"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"
Definition and meaning
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
In the original Greek the word is written: κληρονομία
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of kleronomia (G2817) across the King James Bible.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Common questions
Strong's G2817 (kleronomia) is a Greek word that means: 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 It appears 14 times in the King James Bible.
The word kleronomia (G2817) appears 14 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2817 is kleronomia, a Greek word defined as: 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:. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kleronomia is a Greek word found in the New Testament.