κλῆσις klēsis · G2821

calling

κλῆσις, -εως, ἡ (καλέω) ; [in LXX: Jer.31:6 (קָרָא), Jdth.12:10 A, 3Ma.5:14 * ; ] ; a calling, call; in NT, always of the Divine call to salvation: Rom.11:29, 1Co.1:26 7:20, Eph.1:18 4:1, 4, Php.3:14, 2Th.1:11, 2Ti.1:9, Heb.3:1, 2Pe.1:10 (Cremer, 332).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κλῆσις, εως, ἡ, ; (καλέω) calling, call, []; 2 calling into court, summons, prosecution, []; 3 invitation to a feast, []; 4 invocation, θεῶν[]; 5 calling to aid, []; 6 calling in a religious sense, []; II name, appellation, []by name, []; reputation, []; III Grammars, αἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων the nominatives, opposed to αἱ πτώσεις (the oblique cases), []; ἔχειν θηλείας ἢ ἄρρενος κλῆσιν the nominative form of.., []; IV = Latin classis, []

Where it's used 11 times

Romans 11:29 · 1 Corinthians 1:26 · 1 Corinthians 7:20 · Ephesians 1:18 · Ephesians 4:1 · Ephesians 4:4 · Philippians 3:14 · 2 Thessalonians 1:11 · 2 Timothy 1:9 · Hebrews 3:1 · 2 Peter 1:10

Source: TBESG G2821; TFLSJ G2821

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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