UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: κατακληρονομέω · κληρονομέω · κληρονομία · κληρονόμος · κλῆρος · ναύκληρος · ὁλοκληρία · ὁλόκληρος · προσκληρόομαι · συγκληρονόμος

Sense 1: to choose in accordance with the will of God

Semantic entry: 30.105

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of κληρόω ‘to be chosen by lot,’ not occurring in the NT) to choose, with the implication of supernatural or divine intervention or guidance{N:001}

EPH 1:11: RV EPH 1:11 · LV EPH 1:11 · Read together EPH 1:11

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OET-RV EPH 1:11

11 and we also have been assigned an inheritance in him. This was also predetermined according to God’s plan and the decisions of his will

OET-LV EPH 1:11

11 in whom also we _were _allotted _inheritance, having _been _predetermined according _to the_purpose of _the one working all the things, according _to the counsel of _the will of _him,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κληρόω

Form 1

Sense 1: to choose in accordance with the will of God