Greek verb · G2820
κληρόω
klerooklay-ro'-o
to cast lots.; to choose by lot.; to assign by lot, assign a portion
1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: klēróō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2820is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2820
to allot, i.e. (figuratively) to assign (a privilege)
The King James renders it: obtain an inheritance.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kleroo is rendered "to cast lots.; to choose by lot.; to assign by lot, assign a portion". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.
- One of the uses stand in Ephesians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to cast lots.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
The first use
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Ephesians 1:11ἐκληρώθημεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to cast lots., and to choose by lot., and to assign by lot, assign a portion.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to cast lots. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereEphesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him… |
| to choose by lot. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to assign by lot, assign a portionpass., ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν, Eph.1:11 (on the various interpretations, see ICC; AR; Ellic., in l).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereEphesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κληρονομέω | kleronomeo | to inherit | Uses18 |
| κληρονόμος | kleronomos | heir | Uses15 |
| κληρονομία | kleronomia | inheritance | Uses14 |
| κλῆρος | kleros | lot | Uses11 |
All 1, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκληρώθημεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-API-1P
Ephesians
one use
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- ἐκληρώθημενeklerothemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have obtained an inheritance
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.