κλῆσις
klēsis · G2821 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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to call, to call to a task
To urgently invite someone to accept responsibilities for a particular task, implying a new relationship to the one who does the calling
ExamplesRomans 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Ephesians 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
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calling
The state of having been called to a particular task and/or relation
Examples1 Corinthians 1:26 For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
Ephesians 4:1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
2 Thessalonians 1:11 To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will consider you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power,
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station, role
The station in life or social role which one has
Examples1 Corinthians 7:20 Each person is to remain in that state in which he was called.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- σύyou 3
- θεόςGod 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐπουράνιοςheavenly 1
- ἅγιοςholy 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- καλέωto call, to name 2
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- βλέπωto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀμεταμέλητοςnot regretful 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐλπίςhope 2
- βραβεῖονprize 1
- μέτοχοςcompanion 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To call, to call to a task33.312
- κλῆσις names the act or fact of being called, especially to a particular purpose. Hebrews 3:1 addresses believers as “holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling,” the κλῆσις naming this call to a shared heavenly purpose in Christ.
- Calling33.313
- The same noun more broadly names the calling itself as a settled status or condition. Ephesians 4:4 declares, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling,” the κλῆσις here naming this one shared calling that unites believers.
- Station, role87.2
- κλῆσις can further denote the station or role in life to which one has been called. Ephesians 4:1 urges believers “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,” the κλῆσις naming this particular station and role they are to live out.
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κλήσεως, ἡ (καλέω); 1. a calling, calling to ((Xenophon, Plato, others)). 2. a call,…
1. a calling, calling to ((Xenophon, Plato, others)).
2. a call, invitation: to a feast (3Macc. 5:14; Xenophon, symp. 1, 7); in the N. T. everywhere in a technical sense, the divine invitation to embrace salvation in the kingdom of God, which is made especially through the preaching of the gospel: with the genitive of the author, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Eph 1:18; ἀμεταμέλητα... ἡ κλῆσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, God does not repent of the invitation to salvation, which he decided of old to give to the people of Israel, and which he promised their fathers (i. e. the patriarchs), Rom 11:29; ἡ ἄνω (which see (a.)) κλῆσις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ, which was made in heaven by God on the ground of Christ, Phm 3:14; also ἡ ἐπουράνιος κλῆσις, Heb 3:1; καλεῖν τινα κλήσει, 2 Tim 1:9; passive Eph 4:1; ἀξιουν τινα κλήσεως is used of one whom God declares worthy of the calling which he has commanded to be given him, and therefore fit to obtain the blessings promised in the call, 2 Thess 1:11; with the genitive of the object, ὑμῶν, which ye have shared in, Eph 4:4; 2 Pet 1:10; what its characteristics have been in your case, as having no regard to learning, riches, station, etc. 1 Cor 1:26; used somewhat peculiarly, of the condition in which the calling finds one, whether circumcised or uncircumcised, slave or freeman, 1 Cor 7:20.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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