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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 εἰσάξω ὑμᾶσ εἰσ τὴν γῆν, εἰσ ἣν ἐξέτεινα τὴν χεῖρά μου, δοῦναι αὐτὴν τῷ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν αὐτὴν ἐν κλήρῳ. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 6:8)
  • καὶ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Λευὶ ἰδοὺ δώδεκα πᾶν ἐπιδέκατον ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν κλήρῳ ἀντὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν αὐτῶν, ὅσα αὐτοὶ λειτουργοῦσι λειτουργίαν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:21)
  • 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)
  • καὶ τοῖσ Λευίταισ λαλήσεισ καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ἐὰν λάβητε παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, ὃ δέδωκα ὑμῖν παρ’ αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ, καὶ ἀφελεῖτε ὑμεῖσ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀφαίρεμα Κυρίῳ ἐπιδέκατον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:26)
  • καὶ ἀπολεῖτε πάντασ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ τὴν γῆν καὶ κατοικήσετε ἐν αὐτῇ. ὑμῖν γὰρ δέδωκα τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:53)

Synonyms

  1. A lot

  2. That which is assigned by lot

  3. An inheritance

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