The word in Scripture

Heir in the Bible

The word heir appears 18 times in the King James Version of the Bible. An heir inherits the family's promise and possession. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What heir means in the Bible

An heir inherits the family's promise and possession.

Where the word heir appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word heir appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.”Genesis 15:3

“For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.”Proverbs 30:23

“But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.”Matthew 21:38

“But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.”Mark 12:7

“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.”Luke 20:14

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”Romans 4:13

“Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;”Galatians 4:1

“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”Hebrews 1:2