| Strong's Number: 2819 | encodedOriginalWord |
| Original Word | Word Origin | | | κλῆρος
| | probably from (2806) (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose) | | Transliterated Word | Phonetic Spelling | | | klēros | | klay'-ros
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| | Parts of Speech | TDNT | | | Noun Masculine | | 3:758,442 | | Definition | | |
- an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood
- the lots of several persons concerned, inscribed with their names, were thrown together into a vase, which was then shaken, and he whose lot fell out first upon the ground was the one chosen
- what is obtained by lot, allotted portion
- a portion of the ministry common to the apostles
- used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation
- of salvation itself
- the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints
- of persons
- those whose care and oversight has been assigned to one [allotted charge], used of Christian churches, the administration of which falls to the lot of presbyters
| | Translated Words | | | KJV (13) - heritage, 1; inheritance, 2; lot, 8; part, 2; NAS (11) - allotted to your charge, 1; inheritance, 2; lot, 1; lots, 5; portion, 1; share, 1; | | Verse Count | | KJV | NAS | | | | | |
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