- Original: κληρονόμος - Transliteration: Kleronomos - Phonetic: klay-ron-om'-os - Definition: 1. one who receives by lot, an heir a. an heir b. in messianic usage, one who receives his allotted possession by right of sonship 2. one who has acquired or obtained the portion allotted to him - Origin: from G2819 and the base of G3551 (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. [reflexively] getting by apportionment) - TDNT entry: 15:47,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G2819 and the base of G3551 (in its original sense of partitioning that is [reflexively] getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot that is an inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication a possessor: - heir. Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • heir, 5 Romans 4:13; Galatians 4:1; Galatians 4:7; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 11:7 • heirs, 7 Romans 4:14; Romans 8:17(2); Galatians 3:29; Titus 3:7; Hebrews 6:17; Jam 2:5