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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

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 προσάξει Ἀαρὼν τὸν χίμαρον, ἐφ̓ ὃν ἐπῆλθεν ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν ὁ κλῆροσ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ προσοίσει περὶ ἁμαρτίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 16:9)
  • καὶ τὸν χίμαρον, ἐφ̓ ὃν ἐπῆλθεν ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν ὁ κλῆροσ τοῦ ἀποπομπαίου, στήσει αὐτὸν ζῶντα ἔναντι Κυρίου, τοῦ ἐξιλάσασθαι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε ἀποστεῖλαι αὐτὸν εἰσ τὴν ἀποπομπήν, καὶ ἀφήσει αὐτὸν εἰσ τὴν ἔρημον. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 16:10)
  • καὶ ἐγενήθησαν ἐξ ἐπισκέψεωσ αὐτῶν τρεῖσ καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδεσ, πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω. οὐ γὰρ συνεπεσκέπησαν ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ὅτι οὐ δίδοται αὐτοῖσ κλῆροσ ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:62)
  • καὶ ἔσονται ἑνὶ τῶν φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ γυναῖκεσ, καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ὁ κλῆροσ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῆσ κατασχέσεωσ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν καὶ προστεθήσεται εἰσ κληρονομίαν τῆσ φυλῆσ, οἷσ ἂν γένωνται γυναῖκεσ, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ κλήρου τῆσ κληρονομίασ ἡμῶν ἀφαιρεθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 36:3)
  • καὶ οὐ περιστραφήσεται ὁ κλῆροσ ἐκ φυλῆσ ἐπὶ φυλὴν ἑτέραν, ἀλλ’ ἕκαστοσ ἐν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσονται οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 36:9)

Synonyms

  1. A lot

  2. That which is assigned by lot

  3. An inheritance

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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