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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 BoxExo 12:16 - ‘Now on the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten [fn]by every person, that alone may be done by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

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‘For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to Yahweh in all your places of habitation.

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‘These are the appointed times of Yahweh, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - ‘But for seven days you shall bring near an offering by fire to Yahweh. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; it shall be a holy convocation for you. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your places of habitation throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a [fn]rest, a memorial by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - ‘On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - ‘For seven days you shall bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and bring an offering by fire near to Yahweh; it is a solemn assembly. You shall do no laborious work.

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‘These are the appointed times of Yahweh which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to bring offerings by fire near to Yahweh—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each day’s matter on its own day—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - ‘Now on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - Now two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem, who were invited and went [fn]innocently, and they did not know anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 -

And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Then Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said, “Why is the sound of the city such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:49

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Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled; and they arose and each went on his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:7

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[fn]Be silent before Lord Yahweh!

For the day of Yahweh is near,

For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice;

He has set apart His guests.

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