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Strong's G2816 κληρονομέω (kleronomeo)

Kleronomeo means “be heir” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2816 — chashok (“darkness”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2816
Language Greek
Linked Usages 169
Books 33

Strong's G2816 Quick Answer

Strong's G2816 κληρονομέω (kleronomeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kleronomeo (klay-ron-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to be an heir to {literally or figuratively} It has 169 linked Bible usages across 33 books. Visible English usage signals include land, inherit, lord, thee, and god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kleronomeo (klay-ron-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to be an heir to {literally or figuratively}
Usage
169 linked usages
Books
33 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
land, inherit, lord, thee, and god

Meaning and Definition

kleronomeo (klay-ron-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to be an heir to {literally or figuratively} [from G2818] KJV: be heir, (obtain by) inherit(-ance) Root(s): G2818

Original Word
κληρονομέω
Transliteration
kleronomeo
Derivation
Root: κληρονόμος R1: 2818
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2816. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to inherit

Usage: κληρονομέω, -ῶ (κληρονόμος) [in LXX chiefly for יָרַשׁ, also for נָחַל, etc. ;] __1. to receive by lot. __2. to inherit (in cl., usually with genitive of thing(s)): absol., Gal.4:30 (LXX); in general, to possess oneself of, receive as one's own, obtain (as Deu.4:5, al., cf. Psa.25:3, Isa.61:7): with accusative of thing(s) (as generally in late Gk., see M, Pr., 65), of the Messianic Kingdom (cf. Psa.37:11, Sir.4:13 37:26, and see Dalman, Words, 125 ff.) and its bless­ings and privileges, τ. γῆν, Mat.5:5 (cf. LXX);

τ. βασιλείαν, β. θεοῦ, Mat.25:34, 1Co.6:9-10 15:50, Gal.5:21; ζωὴν αἰώνιον, Mat.19:29, Mrk.10:17, Luk.10:25 18:18; σωτηρίαν, Heb.1:14; τ. ἐπαγγελίας, Heb.6:12; ἀφθαρσίαν, 1Co.15:50; ὄνομα, Heb.1:4; τ. εὐλογίαν, Heb.12:17, 1Pe.3:9; ταῦτα, Rev.21:7 (cf. κατα-κληρονομέω).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

land inherit lord thee god into israel said inheritance give children before

How Strong's G2816 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 134 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2816 (κληρονομέω) appears 160 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2816 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2816 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2816 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

134 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 15:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my homeborn servant shall succeed me.

Genesis 15:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.

Genesis 15:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.

Strong's G2816 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

18 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2816.

Genesis 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my homeborn servant shall succeed me.
Genesis 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
Genesis 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.
Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 24:60 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 28:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraham, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.
Genesis 47:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.
Exodus 23:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.
Leviticus 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I said to you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you for a possession, even a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from all people.
Numbers 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.
Numbers 14:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your little ones, who ye said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which ye rejected.
Numbers 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; for I am thy portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
Numbers 18:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance.
Numbers 18:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers 21:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land.
Numbers 26:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names.
Numbers 26:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.
Numbers 27:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there be no brethren of his father, ye shall give the inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his possessions; and this shall be to the children of Israel an ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onward, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.
Numbers 33:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part a man’s name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.
Numbers 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers 35:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much ye shall give much, and from those that have less ye shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.
Deuteronomy 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, God has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I swore to your fathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.
Deuteronomy 1:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.
Deuteronomy 1:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every young child who this day knows not good or evil—they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.
Deuteronomy 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Ar to the children of Lot to inherit.
Deuteronomy 2:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then arise and depart, and pass over the Valley of Arnon: behold, I have delivered into thy hands Sihon the king of Heshbon the Amorite, and his land: begin to inherit it: engage in war with him this day.
Deuteronomy 2:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before thee Sihon the king of Heshbon the Amorite, and his land, and do thou begin to inherit his land.
Deuteronomy 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we inherited that land at that time from Aroer, which is by the border of the torrent Arnon, and half the mount of Gilead; and I gave his cities to Reuben and to Gad.
Deuteronomy 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, Israel, hear the ordinances and judgments, all that I teach you this day to do: that ye may live, and be multiplied, and that ye may go in and inherit the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you.
Deuteronomy 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have shown you ordinances and judgments as the Lord commanded me, that ye should do so in the land into which ye go to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord commanded me at that time, to teach you ordinances and judgments, that ye should do them on the land, into which ye go to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but ye are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land.
Deuteronomy 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that ye shall surely perish from off the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it there; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.
Deuteronomy 4:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to destroy nations great and stronger than thou before thy face, to bring thee in, to give thee their land to inherit, as thou hast it this day.
Deuteronomy 4:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.
Deuteronomy 5:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to all the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in it, that he may give thee rest; and that it may be well with thee, and ye may prolong your days on the land which ye shall inherit.
Deuteronomy 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, as many as the Lord our God gave commandment to teach you to do so in the land on which ye enter to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord swore to your fathers,
Deuteronomy 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land, into which thou goest to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before thee, the Hittite, and Girgashite, and Amorite, and Canaanite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,
Deuteronomy 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you today, that ye may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God swore to give to your fathers.
Deuteronomy 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, O Israel: Thou goest this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven;
Deuteronomy 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God has destroyed these nations before thy face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.
Deuteronomy 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Not for thy righteousness, nor for the holiness of thy heart, dost thou go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before thee, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord swore to our fathers, to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt know today, that it is not for thy righteousnesses the Lord thy God gives thee this good land to inherit, for thou art a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord sent you forth from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and inherit the land which I give to you, then ye disobeyed the word of the Lord your God, and believed him not, and hearkened not to his voice.
Deuteronomy 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Go, set out before this people, and let them go in and inherit the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.
Deuteronomy 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep all his commandments, as many as I command thee today, that ye may live, and be multiplied, and that ye may go in and inherit the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it:
Deuteronomy 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, whence ye came out, whensoever they sow the seed, and water it with their feet, as a garden of herbs:
Deuteronomy 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.
Deuteronomy 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the Lord shall cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall inherit great nations and stronger than yourselves.
Deuteronomy 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land into which thou goest over to inherit it, then thou shalt put blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 11:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye are passing over Jordan, to go in and inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives you to inherit always, and ye shall dwell in it.
Deuteronomy 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose land ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree.
Deuteronomy 12:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the Lord thy God shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom thou goest in thither to inherit their land, from before thee, and thou shalt inherit it, and dwell in their land;
Deuteronomy 16:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt justly pursue justice, that ye may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when thou shalt enter into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, and shalt inherit it and dwell in it, and shalt say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;
Deuteronomy 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of these ye shall not take anything alive;
Deuteronomy 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has smitten him;
Deuteronomy 23:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou mayest lend on usury to a stranger, but to thy brother thou shalt not lend on usury; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works upon the land, into which thou art entering to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 28:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee off the land into which thou goest to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 28:63 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you; and ye shall be quickly removed from the land, into which ye go to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall bring thee in from thence into the land which thy fathers have inherited, and thou shalt inherit it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
Deuteronomy 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I declare to you this day, that ye shall utterly perish, and ye shall by no means live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days that they live upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 32:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For this is no vain word to you; for it is your life, and because of this word ye shall live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali has the fullness of good things; And let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: He shall inherit the west and the south.
Joshua 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then ye shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.
Joshua 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the Sea of Baal-gad in the plain of Lebanon, and as far as the mountain of Halak, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;
Joshua 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.
Joshua 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, took their inheritance.
Joshua 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the daughters of the sons of Manasseh inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and the land of Gilead was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasseh.
Joshua 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.
Joshua 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Israel remained, even those who had not received their inheritance, seven tribes.
Joshua 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?
Joshua 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon was a part of the lot of Judah, for the portion of the children of Judah was greater than theirs; and the children of Simeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
Joshua 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, departed from the children of Israel in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go away into Gilead, into the land of their possession, which they inherited by the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
Judges 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Judah did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ashkelon nor her coasts, nor Ekron nor her coasts, nor Ashdod nor the lands around it.
Judges 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was with Judah, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.
Judges 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Anak.
Judges 1:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
Judges 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm trees.
Judges 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wife of Gilead bore him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up, and they cast out Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in the house of our father, for thou art the son of a concubine.
Judges 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who dwelt in that land,
Judges 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shalt thou inherit his land?
Judges 11:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chemosh thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the land of all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?
Judges 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, and to enter in to possess the land.
3 Kingdoms 20:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard it, that she said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who would not sell it to thee: for Naboth is not alive, for he is dead.
3 Kingdoms 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth the Jezreelite was dead, that he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Ahab arose and went down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
3 Kingdoms 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Naboth, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.
3 Kingdoms 20:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.
4 Kingdoms 17:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Cuthah, and men from Avva, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.
1 Chronicles 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you forever.
Ezra 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Nehemiah 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Nehemiah 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Nehemiah 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Psalms 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.
Psalms 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His soul shall dwell in prosperity; And his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 36:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For evildoers shall be destroyed: But they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
Psalms 36:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the meek shall inherit the earth; And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 36:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; And they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.
Psalms 36:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the righteous shall inherit the earth, And dwell upon it forever.
Psalms 43:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they inherited not the land by their own sword, And their own arm did not deliver them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, And the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
Psalms 68:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For God will save Zion, And the cities of Judea shall be built; And men shall dwell there, and inherit it.
Psalms 82:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.
Psalms 104:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gave them the lands of the heathen; And they inherited the labors of the people;
Psalms 118:111 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have inherited thy testimonies forever; For they are the joy of my heart.
Proverbs 3:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the ungodly have exalted their own dishonor.
Proverbs 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; And the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
Proverbs 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
Isaiah 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.
Isaiah 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.
Isaiah 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall cast lots for them, and his hand has portioned out their pasture, saying, Ye shall inherit the land forever: they shall rest on it through all generations.
Isaiah 49:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2816, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 46 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 4 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 9 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2816 FAQ

What does kleronomeo (κληρονομέω) mean?

Kleronomeo (Strong's G2816) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be heir". kleronomeo (klay-ron-om-eh'-o) v. 1. to be an heir to {literally or figuratively}

How many times is kleronomeo (κληρονομέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 169 linked usages for Strong's G2816 across 33 books.

Where can I study kleronomeo (κληρονομέω) in context?

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What English words translate kleronomeo (κληρονομέω)?

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Does Strong's G2816 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 134 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 18 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2816, with linked reader references where each row is available.