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Lexicon :: Strong's G2822 - klētos

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κλητός
Transliteration
klētos (Key)
Pronunciation
klay-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as κλῆσις (G2821)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:494,394

Strong’s Definitions

κλητός klētós, klay-tos'; from the same as G2821; invited, i.e. appointed, or (specially), a saint:—called.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2822 in the following manner: called (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2822 in the following manner: called (11x).

  1. called, invited (to a banquet)

    1. invited (by God in the proclamation of the Gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ

    2. called to (the discharge of) some office

      1. divinely selected and appointed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλητός klētós, klay-tos'; from the same as G2821; invited, i.e. appointed, or (specially), a saint:—called.
STRONGS G2822:
κλητός, κλητή, κλητον (κλαέω) (from Homer down), called, invited (to a banquet (1 Kings 1:41, 49); 3Macc. 5:14; Aeschines 50, 1); in the N. T.
a. "invited (by God in the proclamation of the gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God through Christ" (see καλέω, 1 b. β'. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34))): Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Jude 1:1; κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί, Revelation 17:14; κλητοί and ἐκλεκτοί are distinguished (see ἐκλεκτός, 1 a.) in Matthew 20:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Matthew 22:14, a distinction which does not agree with Paul's view (see καλέω, as above; (Weiss, Biblical Theol. § 88; Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians 3:12)); κλητοί Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, genitive of possessor (Winers Grammar, 195 (183); Buttmann, § 132, 23), devoted to Christ and united to him, Romans 1:6; κλητοί ἅγιοι, "holy (or 'saints') by the calling of God," Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2.
b. called to (the discharge of) some office: κλητός ἀπόστολος, i. e. divinely selected and appointed (see καλέω, as above), Romans 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:1 (L brackets κλητός); cf. Galatians 1:15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
1:41; 1:49
Matthew
20:16; 22:14
Romans
1:1; 1:6; 1:7; 8:28
1 Corinthians
1:1; 1:2; 1:24
Galatians
1:15
Colossians
3:12
Jude
1:1
Revelation
17:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2822 matches the Greek κλητός (klētos),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat ​— ​you may do only that.

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“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are my appointed times, the times of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

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“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there is to be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

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“These are the LORD’s appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

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“On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

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“You are to present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly; do not do any daily work.”

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“On that same day you are to make a proclamation and hold a sacred assembly. You are not to do any daily work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live throughout your generations.

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“Tell the Israelites: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and trumpet blasts ​— ​a sacred assembly.

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“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial; you are to present a food offering to the LORD.

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“There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work.

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“You are to present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

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“These are the LORD’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

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“On the seventh day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

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Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom. They had been invited and were going innocently, for they did not know the whole situation.

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Adonijah and all the invited guests who were with him heard the noise as they finished eating. Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn and said, “Why is the town in such an uproar? ”

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Then all of Adonijah’s guests got up trembling and went their separate ways.

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Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD,

for the day of the LORD is near.

Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice;

he has consecrated his guests.

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