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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

  • Ἰσσάχαρ τὸ καλὸν ἐπεθύμησεν ἀναπαυόμενοσ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κλήρων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:14)
  • διὰ κλήρων μερισθήσεται ἡ γῆ. τοῖσ ὀνόμασι, κατὰ φυλὰσ πατριῶν αὐτῶν κληρονομήσουσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:55)
  • σύνταξον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ δώσουσι τοῖσ Λευίταισ ἀπὸ τῶν κλήρων κατασχέσεωσ αὐτῶν πόλεισ κατοικεῖν καὶ τὰ προάστεια τῶν πόλεων κύκλῳ αὐτῶν δώσουσι τοῖσ Λευίταισ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:2)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ δεύτεροσ κλῆροσ τῶν υἱῶν Συμεών, καὶ ἐγενήθη ἡ κληρονομία αὐτῶν ἀναμέσον κλήρων υἱῶν Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 19:1)
  • ἐὰν κοιμηθῆτε ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κλήρων, πτέρυγεσ περιστερᾶσ περιηργυρωμέναι, καὶ τὰ μετάφρενα αὐτῆσ ἐν χλωρότητι χρυσίου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 67:14)

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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