G2819
κλῆρος
kleros
klay'-ros
Noun Masculine
probably from G2806 (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose; a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively):--heritage, inheritance, lot, part.
- an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood
- 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
- what is obtained by lot, allotted portion
- a portion of the ministry common to the apostles
- used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation
- of salvation itself
- the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints
- of persons
- 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
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