What does συγκληρονόμος (synklēronómos) mean in the Bible?
συγκληρονόμος (synklēronómos): Joint heir sharing equally in an inheritance through covenant relationship, not subordinate status
Greek · G4789
συγκληρονόμος
Co-heir
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συγκληρονόμος G4789
Pronunciation synklēronómos
What does συγκληρονόμος (synklēronómos) mean in the Bible?
συγκληρονόμος (synklēronómos): Joint heir sharing equally in an inheritance through covenant relationship, not subordinate status
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4789?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fellow heirs (2), co-heirs (1), heirs with him (1).
Where does συγκληρονόμος (synklēronómos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 8:17. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Ephesians (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It fellow heirs 2× Ephesians 3:6, 1 Peter 3:7
co-heirs 1× Romans 8:17
heirs with him 1× Hebrews 11:9
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 8:17 συνκληρονόμοι to co-heirs Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Ephesians 3:6 συνκληρονόμα to fellow heirs Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Hebrews 11:9 συνκληρονόμων to heirs with him Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1 Peter 3:7 συνκληρονόμοις to fellow heirs Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 8:17
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Romans 1 Ephesians 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
συνκληρονόμα 1x synklēronoma Ephesians 3:6
συνκληρονόμοι 1x synklēronomoi Romans 8:17
συνκληρονόμοις 1x synklēronomois 1 Peter 3:7
συνκληρονόμων 1x synklēronomōn Hebrews 11:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Ephesians 3:6
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 3:7
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 11:9
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 8:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Joint heir sharing equally in an inheritance through covenant relationship, not subordinate status
Strong's G4789
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 3:1-7 Source Gloss
co-heir
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 8:17 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
συγκληρονόμοι sugklhronomoi
a joint heir, participant
Read verse Ephesians 3:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
συγκληρονόμα sugklhronoma
a joint heir, participant
Read verse Hebrews 11:9 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
συγκληρονόμων sugklhronomwn
a joint heir, participant
Read verse 1 Peter 3:7 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
συγκληρονόμοι sugklhronomoi
a joint heir, participant
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 8:17 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Heb 11:9 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 3:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Eph 3:6 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
joint inheritors
Co-heir, joint heir.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συγκληρονόμος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms believers’ shared inheritance and future glory with Christ. 1 Peter 3:1-7
Affirms shared participation in salvation, grounding marital honor in gospel equality. Romans 8:12-17
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain