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
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselues, saying, This is y e heire, come, let vs kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
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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.
