ΚΛΗΣΙΣ, κλησις
KLĒSIS, klēsis
Sounds Like: KLEE-sis
Translations: calling, a calling, invitation, a summons, a divine invitation
From the root: ΚΛΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a calling or an invitation, often with the implication of a divine summons or a specific purpose. It can be used to describe a general invitation or a specific call to a task or destiny, particularly in a religious or spiritual context.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2821 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 16:9
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 46:6
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 11:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΗΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΚΕΚΛΗΣΗ — call, a call, invitation, a summons, a calling
- ΚΛΗΣΕΙ — to a call, to a calling, to an invitation, by a call, by a calling, by an invitation
- ΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ — callings, invitations, summons, a calling, an invitation, a summons
- ΚΛΗΣΕΣΙΝ — to calls, to invitations, to summonses, to vocations
- ΚΛΗΣΕΩΣ — of a call, of a calling, of an invitation, of a summons
- ΚΛΗΣΙΝ — call, a call, calling, a calling, invitation, an invitation, summons, a summons
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