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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 ἐπιθήσει Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ τοὺσ δύο χιμάρουσ κλήρουσ, κλῆρον ἕνα τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ κλῆρον ἕνα τῷ ἀποπομπαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 16:8)
  • καὶ οὐκέτι κληρονομήσομεν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἀπὸ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου καὶ ἐπέκεινα, ὅτι ἀπέχομεν τοὺσ κλήρουσ ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐν ἀνατολαῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:19)
  • ὅτι ἔλαβε φυλὴ υἱῶν Ρουβὴν καὶ φυλὴ υἱῶν Γὰδ κατ’ οἴκουσ πατριῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ φυλῆσ Μανασσῆ ἀπέλαβον τοὺσ κλήρουσ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 34:14)
  • δύο φυλαὶ καὶ ἥμισυ φυλῆσ ἔλαβον τοὺσ κλήρουσ αὐτῶν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατὰ Ἱεριχὼ ἀπὸ νότου κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 34:15)
  • κατὰ κλήρουσ ἐκληρονόμησαν, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ἐν χειρὶ Ἰησοῦ ταῖσ ἐννέα φυλαῖσ καὶ τῷ ἡμίσει φυλῆσ ἀπὸ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 14:2)

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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