G2822 – kletos – κλητός – to be called, appointed
- Strong’s ID:
- G2822
- Greek Word:
- κλητός
- Transliteration:
- klētos / kletos
- Pronunciation:
- klay-tos’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from the same as G2821
- Usage Count:
- 11
- Search:
- Find “kletos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be called, appointed
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the same as G2821; invited, i.e. appointed, or (specifically) a saint:—called.
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) called, invited (to a banquet)
1a) invited (by God in the proclamation of the Gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom through Christ
1b) called to (the discharge of) some office
1b1) divinely selected and appointed
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.