ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΗΤΕ, κληροδοτησητε
KLĒRODOTĒSĒTE, klērodotēsēte
Sounds Like: klay-roh-doh-TAY-see-teh
Translations: bequeath, give as an inheritance, grant as an inheritance, you all bequeath, you all give as an inheritance
From the root: ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to bequeath' or 'to give as an inheritance'. It is formed from 'κλῆρος' (kleros), meaning 'lot' or 'inheritance', and 'δίδωμι' (didomi), meaning 'to give'. It is used to describe the act of passing on property, possessions, or rights to someone, typically after one's death, or as a formal grant.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2816 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Beta) — 9:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΕΝ — he bequeathed, he granted, he gave as an inheritance
- ΕΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΕΝ — he bequeathed, he gave as an inheritance, he willed, he granted
- ΚΑΤΑΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΑΙ — to distribute by lot, to give as an inheritance, to apportion, to assign
- ΚΑΤΕΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΕΝ — he bequeathed, he allotted by lot, he distributed by lot, he gave by lot
- ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΕΩ — to bequeath, to give by will, to grant as an inheritance
- ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΙΣΗΤΕ — you may bequeath, you may give by will, you may grant by inheritance
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