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κλῆρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλῆρος κλήρου

Structure: κληρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. A lot
  2. That which is assigned by lot, an allotment
  3. An inheritance
  4. The clergy

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλῆρος κλήρω κλῆροι
Genitive κλήρου κλήροιν κλήρων
Dative κλήρῳ κλήροιν κλήροις
Accusative κλῆρον κλήρω κλήρους
Vocative κλῆρε κλήρω κλῆροι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιθήσει Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ τοὺσ δύο χιμάρουσ κλήρουσ, κλῆρον ἕνα τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ κλῆρον ἕνα τῷ ἀποπομπαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 16:8)
  • εἰ καὶ εἰσ γῆν ρέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι εἰσήγαγεσ ἡμᾶσ καὶ ἔδωκασ ἡμῖν κλῆρον ἀγροῦ καὶ ἀμπελῶνασ, τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐκείνων ἂν ἐξέκοψασ. οὐκ ἀναβαίνομεν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 16:14)
  • ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ὅσα ἐὰν ἀφορίσωσι Κυρίῳ, ἀφαίρεμα δέδωκα τοῖσ Λευίταισ ἐν κλήρῳ. διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα αὐτοῖσ, ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι κλῆρον. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:24)
  • ὀρθῶσ θυγατέρεσ Σαλπαὰδ λελαλήκασι. δόμα δώσεισ αὐταῖσ κατάσχεσιν κληρονομίασ ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν πατρὸσ αὐτῶν καὶ περιθήσεισ τὸν κλῆρον τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῶν αὐταῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 27:6)

Synonyms

  1. A lot

  2. That which is assigned by lot

  3. An inheritance

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