Inheriteth
Bible Usage:
- inherit used 62 times.
- inheritance used 239 times.
- inheritances used once.
- inherited used 6 times.
- inheriteth used once.
- Bible Reference: Numbers 35:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H5157 Used 1 time
INHER'IT, verb transitive [Latin hoeres, an heir. See Heir.]
1. To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by succession, as the representative of the former possessor; to receive, as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease. The heir inherits the lands or real estate of his father; the eldest son of the nobleman inherits his father's title, and the eldest son of a king inherits the crown.
2. To receive by nature from a progenitor. The son inherits the virtues of his father; the daughter inherits the temper of her mother, and children often inherit the constitutional infirmities of their parents.
3. To possess; to enjoy; to take as a possession, by gift or divine appropriation; as, to inherit everlasting life; to inherit the promises.
--That thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. Deuteronomy 16:20.
The meek shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.
INHER'IT, verb intransitive To take or have possession or property.
--Thou shall not inherit in our father's house.
INHER'ITABLE, adjective That may be inherited; transmissible or descendible from the ancestor to the heir by course of law; as an inheritable estate or title.
1. That may be transmitted from the parent to the child; as inheritable qualities or infirmities.
2. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent.
By attainder--the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable
INHER'ITABLY, adverb By inheritance.
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.
INHER'ITED, participle passive Received by descent from an ancestor; possessed.
INHER'ITING, participle present tense Taking by succession or right of representation; receiving from ancestors; possessing.
INHER'ITOR, noun An heir; one who inherits or may inherit.
INHER'ITRESS
INHER'ITRIX , noun An heiress; a female who inherits or is entitled to inherit, after the death of her ancestor.
Bible Usage:
- inherit used 62 times.
- inheritance used 239 times.
- inheritances used once.
- inherited used 6 times.
- inheriteth used once.
- Bible Reference: Numbers 35:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H5157 Used 1 time