ΚΛΗΤΟΙ, κλητοι
KLĒTOI, klētoi
Sounds Like: KLEE-toy
Translations: called, invited, chosen, the called, the invited, the chosen
From the root: ΚΛΗΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who has been summoned or invited. It can refer to those who are literally called to an event, or, especially in a theological context, to those who are divinely called or chosen for a specific purpose, such as salvation or ministry. It functions as an adjective but is often used substantively (as a noun) to refer to the group of people who are called.
Inflection: Nominative or Vocative, Masculine or Feminine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2822 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΗΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΛΗΤΟΥΣ — uncalled, uninvited, unsummoned
- ΔΥΣΑΝΑΚΛΗΤΟΝ — difficult to recall, difficult to call back, difficult to summon back
- ΚΛΗΤΑΣ — called, summoned, invited, convoked, appointed, a convocation, an assembly
- ΚΛΗΤΗ — called, summoned, invited, convocation, assembly
- ΚΛΗΤΗΝ — called, invited, summoned, a called one, an invited one
- ΚΛΗΤΟΙΣ — called, invited, chosen, a called one, an invited one, a chosen one
- ΚΛΗΤΟΣ — called, invited, chosen, appointed
- ΚΛΗΤΟΥΣ — called, invited, chosen, a guest, an invited one, a summoner, a messenger
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