KJV dictionary & concordance
One entitled or appointed to receive an inheritance.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 15:3
Complete exact-word concordance
CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
¶ Concerning the Ammonites, thus sayth the LORD; hath Israel no sonnes? Hath he no heire? Why then doth their king inherit God, and his people dwell in his cities?
1611 marginal noteOr, against.
1611 marginal noteOr, Melcom.
1611 marginal noteAmos 1.13.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
Therfore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarme of warre to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate heape, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israel be heire vnto them that were his heires, saith the LORD.
1611 marginal noteAmos. 1.14.
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Historical English dictionary sources
One who succeeds or is entitled to succeed another in a possession or estate; one who inherits; in Scripture, one entitled to possess what is granted by promise or God's gracious provision.
