Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Passing from a parent to a child; as, a hereditary disease. 2. (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Multi-Version Concordance Hereditary (1 Occurrence) Numbers 27:7 'The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. (See NAS)