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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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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:4 - “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves[fn] and present a food offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - For seven days you shall present food offerings to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 - “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the LORD food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:49 - Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:7 - Be silent before the Lord GOD!
For the day of the LORD is near;
the LORD has prepared a sacrifice
and consecrated his guests.
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