heir meaning
Subscribe to our Question of the Week: Question: What is an heir in the Bible?. Answer: The literal meaning of heir is âsomeone who has been appointed to receive an inheritance.â An heir is a person who receives something of value from a father (see Mark 12:7). The Bible sometimes uses the word heir to describe us as recipients of a gift from God (Galatians 4:7). We are âheirsâ of God, and Christ is our âco-heirâ (Romans 8:17). The heirs most often mentioned in the Old Testament were sons, principally the firstborn, born only to legitimate wives, not concubines.