14 occurrences

'Heir' in the Bible

Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofAbrahamSlavery, In OtBorn In One's HouseNot Giving

Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfAbrahamBody

Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, 'Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.' Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth."

Verse ConceptsCoal, Metaphorical UseNo SurvivorsHanding Over PeopleExtinguishingNames Blotted OutDeath Penalty For Killing

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesUnlovingA Good Husbandmistress

Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in its cities?

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsHeirsInheritance, MaterialTaking Possession

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialAttempts To Kill Christ

But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialPersecution, Nature OfSelfishnessChrist Would Be KilledTaking Possession

"But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialChrist Would Be Killed

For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGod's Promise To AbrahamRighteous By FaithPromisesTrust In Relationships

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
συγκληρονόμος 
Sugkleronomos 
Usage: 4

κληρονομέω 
Kleronomeo 
Usage: 14

κληρονόμος 
Kleronomos 
Usage: 12