G2819 – kleros – κλῆρος – heritage, inheritance, lot, part
- Strong’s ID:
- G2819
- Greek Word:
- κλῆρος
- Transliteration:
- kleros
- Pronunciation:
- klay’-ros
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 13
- Search:
- Find “kleros” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably from G2806 (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose); a die (for drawing changes); by implication a portion (as if so secured); by extension an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively):—heritage, inheritance, lot, part.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood
1a) 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
2) what is obtained by lot, allotted portion
2a) a portion of the ministry common to the apostles
2b) used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation
2b1) of salvation itself
2b2) the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints
2c) of persons
2c1) 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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.