ΚΑΤΕΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΕΝ, κατεκληροδοτησεν
KATEKLĒRODOTĒSEN, kateklērodotēsen
Sounds Like: kah-tek-lay-roh-doh-TEE-sen
Translations: he bequeathed, he allotted by lot, he distributed by lot, he gave by lot
From the root: ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix κατά (kata, 'down, according to') and the verb κληροδοτέω (klerodoteo, 'to give by lot, to bequeath'). It means to distribute or allot something by lot, often implying a formal or divine distribution, or to bequeath an inheritance. It describes an action completed in the past by a single male or unspecified subject.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 132:3
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
- ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΕΩ — to bequeath, to give by will, to grant as an inheritance
- ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΗΣΗΤΕ — bequeath, give as an inheritance, grant as an inheritance, you all bequeath, you all give as an inheritance
- ΚΛΗΡΟΔΟΤΙΣΗΤΕ — you may bequeath, you may give by will, you may grant by inheritance
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