κληρονομέω

klhronomevw klhronomevw,
klhronovmw; future
klhronomhvsw; 1 aorist
ejklhronovmhsa; perfect
keklhronovmhka; (
klhronovmo", which see; cf.
oijkonovmo"); the Septuagint for lj'n: and much more often for vr'y:;1. "to receive a lot, receive by lot; especially to receive a part of an inheritance, receive as an inheritance, obtain by right of inheritance"; so, particularly in the Attic orators, with a genitive of the thing; in later writings not infrequent with an accusative of the thing (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 129; Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 140; Winer's Grammar, 200 (188); (Buttmann, sec. 132, 8)); absolutely, to be an heir, to inherit: from .2. universally, "to receive the portion assigned to one, receive an allotted portion, receive as one's own or as a possession; to become partaker of, to obtain" (cf. English inherit) (as
fhmhn, Polybius 18, 38 (55), 8;
thvn
ejp!
eujsevbeia
dovxan, 15, 22, 3); in Biblical Greek everywhere with the accusative of the thing; so very frequent in the O. T. in the phrase
klhronomoun
gh'n and
thvn
gh'n, of the occupation of the land of Canaan by the Israelites, as ; ,; , etc. But as the Israelites after taking possession of the land were harassed almost perpetually by their hostile neighbors, and even driven out of the country for a considerable period, it came to pass that the phrase was transferred to denote the tranquil and stable possession of the holy land crowned with all divine blessings, an experience which pious Israelites were to expect under the Messiah: (); ,,,, (,,,,) Alexandrian LXX; ; ;
ejk
deutevra"
klhronomhvsousi
thvn
gh'n, ; hence, it became a formula denoting to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom: (4) (from ()), where see Bleek.
zwhvn
aijwvnion, ; ; ; ;
thvn
basileivan, ;
basileivan
Qeou', f; ; ;
swthrivan, ;
tav"
ejpaggeliva", ;
ajfqarsivan, ;
tau'ta (Rec.
pavnta), ;
o[noma, ;
thvn
eujlogivan, ; . (Compare:
kata-klhronomevw.)*