κληρονομία

klhronomiva klhronomiva,
klhronomiva",
hJ (
klhronovmo"), the Septuagint time and again for hl;j}n", several times for hv;rey?, hv;r;/m, etc.;1. an inheritance, property received (or to be received) by inheritance, (Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle): ; ; ; .2. what is given to one as a possession ((cf. English inheritance); see
klhronomevw, 2):
didovnai
tiv
tivni
klhronomivan, ;
lambavnein
tiv
eij"
klhronomivan, ((cf. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 7, 14, p. 1153b, 33)). Agreeably to the O. T. usage, which employs hl;j}n" now of the portion of the holy land allotted to each of the several tribes (, , etc.), now of the whole territory given to Israel for a possession (; , etc.-- and nothing appeared to the Israelites more desirable than the quiet, prosperous, permanent possession of this land, see
klhronomevw, 2), the noun
klhronomiva, lifted to a loftier sense in the N. T., is used to denote a. "the eternal blessedness in the consummated kingdom of God which is to be expected after the visible return of Christ": ; (
th'"
klhronomiva", genitive of apposition (Winer's Grammar, sec. 59, 8 a.)); ; ;
hJmw'n, destined for us, ;
tou'
Qeou', given by God, 18. b. the share which an individual will have in that eternal blessedness: ; .*