Strong's Concordance kléroó: to assign by lot Original Word: κληρόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kléroó Phonetic Spelling: (klay-ro'-o) Definition: to assign by lot Usage: I cast lots, choose by lot, assign by lot, assign a portion, receive a share. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2820 klēróō (from 2819 /klḗros, "to cast lots") – properly, make a choice when assisted by casting lots (cf. S. Zodhiates, Dict); to appoint (assign) by lot-casting. See 2818 (klēronómos). 2820 /klēróō ("assign by divine lot-cast"), is only used in Eph 1:11 where it is often translated "obtained an inheritance." The Greek text literally reads, "In whom (Christ), indeed we were lot-cast (2820 /klēróō), having already been pre-horizoned (4309 /proorízō, aorist participle) according to (divine) purpose, of the one energizing all things according to the counsel (1012 /boulḗ) arising from His will (2307 /thélēma)." [The above rendering regards the Greek genitive as "subjective."] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kléros Definition to assign by lot NASB Translation obtained an inheritance (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2820: κληρόωκληρόω, κλήρῳ: 1 aorist passive ἐκληρωθην; (κλῆρος); in classical Greek: 1. to cast lots, determine by lot. 2. to choose by lot: τινα (Herodotus 1, 94; others). 3. to allot, assign by lot: τινα τίνι, one to another as a possession, Pindar Ol. 8, 19. 4. once in the N. T., "to make a κλῆρος i. e., a heritage, private possession": τινα, passive ἐν ᾧ ἐκληρώθημεν (but Lachmann ἐκλλεθημεν) in whom lies the reason why we were made the κλῆρος τοῦ Θεοῦ (a designation transferred from the Jews in the O. T. to Christians, cf. Additions to Esther 3:10 From kleros; to allot, i.e. (figuratively) to assign (a privilege) -- obtain an inheritance. see GREEK kleros |
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