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κληρονομ-έω ,
2. acquire, obtain, “τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δόξανPlb.15.22.3; “φήμηνId.18.55.8; “θρόνον βασιλείαςLXX 1 Ma.2.57; τὴν γῆν receive possession of the promised land, Palestine, ib.Le.20.24, De.4.1 (also, obtain all that God has promised, ib.Ps.36(37).11, cf. Ev.Matt.5.5); obtain salvation, “ζωὴν αἰώνιονEv.Matt.19.29.
II. to be an inheritor or heir, τινος of a person, Luc.Hist.Conscr.20: more freq. τινα, Posidon. 36J., Plu.Sull.2, PGnom.5, al. (ii A.D.), AP11.202, etc.; “κ. τινὰ τῆς οὐσίαςD.C.45.47: metaph., “σῆτες καὶ σκώληκες -ομήσουσιν αὐτόνLXX Si.19.3:—Pass., to be succeeded in the inheritance, of parents, Ph. 2.172, 291, Luc.Tox.22; “ὑφ᾽ ὧν τὴν ῥητορικὴν ἐκληρονομήθηPhilostr. VS2.26.6.
III. leave an heir behind one, “υἱοὺς υἱῶνLXX Pr.13.22.
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