"pr. a coheir, Rom. 8:17; a fellow participant, Eph. 3:6; Heb. 11:9; 1 Pet. 3:7*"
Definition and meaning
pr. a coheir, Rom. 8:17; a fellow participant, Eph. 3:6; Heb. 11:9; 1 Pet. 3:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: συγκληρονόμος
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
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 synkleronomos (G4789) across the King James Bible.
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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Common questions
Strong's G4789 (synkleronomos) is a Greek word that means: pr. a coheir, Rom. 8:17; a fellow participant, Eph. 3:6; Heb. 11:9; 1 Pet. 3:7* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word synkleronomos (G4789) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4789 is synkleronomos, a Greek word defined as: pr. a coheir, Rom. 8:17; a fellow participant, Eph. 3:6; Heb. 11:9; 1 Pet. 3:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
synkleronomos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.