KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

Provisions for inheritance under Levirate marriages
Genesis 38:7-11; Numbers 36:6-9; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ruth 3:1-8; Ruth 4:7-17

Unclassified scriptures relating to

General references
Genesis 15:3; Genesis 21:9-11; Genesis 24:36; Genesis 25:5-6; Genesis 48:21-22; Numbers 27:6-11; Deuteronomy 21:15-17; 1 Kings 21:3; 2 Chronicles 21:3; Job 42:15; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 20:21; Ecclesiastes 2:18-19; Jeremiah 32:6-8; Ezekiel 46:16-18; Luke 15:12; Luke 15:25-31; Galatians 3:15; Hebrews 9:16-17
Will; Heir

Figurative

Figurative
Psalms 37:29; Acts 20:32; Acts 26:18; Romans 8:16-17; Ephesians 1:11-14; Titus 3:7; Hebrews 1:14
Firstborn; Heir; Will

[HEIR]

INHER'ITANCE, noun An estate derived from an ancestor to an heir by succession or in course of law; or an estate which the law casts on a child or other person, as the representative of the deceased ancestor.

1. The reception of an estate by hereditary right, or the descent by which an estate or title is cast on the heir; as, the heir received the estate by inheritance

2. The estate or possession which may descend to an heir, though it has not descended.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said, is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Genesis 31:14.

3. An estate given or possessed by donation or divine appropriation. Numbers 26:53.

4. That which is possessed or enjoyed.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance Psalms 2:8.