kleronomos identifies a person designated to receive an inheritance, possession, or promised benefit.

The term consistently identifies a designated recipient of what belongs to another: the son whose inheritance is sought in the farmers’ story, and persons described as receiving promised possessions, God’s benefits, righteousness, the kingdom, or eternal life.

1. Designated recipient of an inheritance or promise · dominant

   In Galatians 4:1, the nominative singular form is the subject of a comparison: the APB renders the clause, “the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is lord of all.” In Matthew 21:38, the farmers identify the son and seek his inheritance; in Romans 8:17, Hebrews 1:2, Romans 4:13, and James 2:5, the APB presents recipients in relation to God, Christ, all things, the world, or the kingdom.

   Galatians 4:1Matthew 21:38Romans 8:17Hebrews 1:2Romans 4:13James 2:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB normally uses “heir” or “heirs,” and in Romans 8:17 adds “co-heirs of Christ.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ inheritance context rather than establishing finer distinctions for the term itself.