G2821 – klesis – κλῆσις – calling
- Strong’s ID:
- G2821
- Greek Word:
- κλῆσις
- Transliteration:
- klesis
- Pronunciation:
- klay’-sis
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 11
- Search:
- Find “klesis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a shorter form of G2564; an invitation (figuratively):—calling.
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) a calling, calling to
2) a call, invitation
2a) to a feast
2b) of the divine invitation to embrace salvation of God
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.