κληρονομία

Matthew 21:38 κληρονομίαν inheritance

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Here: The inherited property itself, meaning the vineyard and everything the owner built (v.33). It is not a cash legacy. In Israel's scriptures the word is also the standard term for the land, and for Israel as the Lord's own possession.

Mark 12:7 κληρονομία. inheritance.

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Luke 12:13 κληρονομίαν. inheritance.

Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Luke 20:14 κληρονομία. inheritance.

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Here: The estate that passes to the heir. In the Greek Old Testament this is the regular word for Israel's allotted land, so hearers would also catch an echo of God's land and people.

Acts 7:5 κληρονομίαν an inheritance

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

Here: A family's allotted, hereditary share of land, the Greek Bible's usual word for Hebrew naḥalah. It does not mean an estate left at someone's death. Abraham held no landed portion of his own.

Acts 20:32 κληρονομίαν inheritance

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Here: An allotted share in an estate. In the Greek Old Testament this is the word for each tribe's portion of the promised land. Here it is the portion God assigns his people in what he has promised.

Galatians 3:18 κληρονομία inheritance

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

Here: The allotted share God promised Abraham's heirs. In Genesis this was the land. By Paul's day it had widened to 'the world' and the coming age. In Galatians it includes the Spirit, sonship and the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 1:14 κληρονομίας inheritance

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Here: The share allotted to God's people, echoing Israel's allotted land; here the full share in the coming age (compare 5:5, 'inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God'). The genitive names what the down payment is a part of.

Ephesians 1:18 κληρονομίας inheritance

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Here: An allotted share or possession, the word the Greek Old Testament uses for the promised land and for Israel as God's own portion. Whether this means God's inheritance (his people) or the inheritance God gives is debated.

Ephesians 5:5 κληρονομίαν inheritance

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Here: The heir's portion. It echoes Israel's allotted land, and here it means a share in God's coming reign that belongs to his children (1:14, 18).

Colossians 3:24 κληρονομίας· inheritance;

because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Here: The share of property that passes to an heir. In the Greek Old Testament this word names Israel's allotted land. Here it is God's promised future for his people. Said to slaves, who could own nothing and inherit nothing, the word is striking.

Hebrews 9:15 κληρονομίας. inheritance.

Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Here: An heir's allotted portion. It recalls Israel's land allotment, now pictured as a lasting homeland or city (11:8–16). The word also leads straight into the "will" image of 9:16–17.

Hebrews 11:8 κληρονομίαν an inheritance

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Here: In the Greek Old Testament this is the word for the land God allotted to Abraham's family as their lasting holding. It does not mean an estate left by someone who has died. Hebrews will go on to look past Canaan to a 'better, heavenly' homeland (11:16).

1 Peter 1:4 κληρονομίαν an inheritance

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

Here: The share that belongs to someone as an heir. In the Greek Old Testament this is the regular word for Israel's allotted land. Here it follows naturally from 'new birth': those God has fathered are his heirs.