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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

  • ἐκ τοῦ κλήρου μεριεῖσ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτῶν ἀνὰ μέσων πολλῶν καὶ ὀλίγων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:56)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆσ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ λέγων. αὕτη ἡ γῆ, ἣν κατακληρονομήσετε αὐτὴν μετὰ κλήρου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριοσ δοῦναι αὐτὴν ταῖσ ἐννέα φυλαῖσ καὶ τῷ ἡμίσει φυλῆσ Μανασσῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 34:13)
  • 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 ἐξῆλθεν ὁ κλῆροσ φυλῆσ Βενιαμὶν πρῶτοσ κατὰ δήμουσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὅρια τοῦ κλήρου αὐτῶν ἀνὰ μέσον υἱῶν Ἰούδα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωσήφ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 18:10)
  • ἀπὸ τοῦ κλήρου τοῦ Ἰούδα ἡ κληρονομία φυλῆσ υἱῶν Συμεών, ὅτι ἐγενήθη ἡ μερὶσ υἱῶν Ἰούδα μείζων τῆσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Συμεὼν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ κλήρου αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 19:9)

Synonyms

  1. A lot

  2. That which is assigned by lot

  3. An inheritance

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