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κλῆρος

MainId: 002833000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2819

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002833001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: κλῆρος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'κληρόω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002833001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 6.219
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Artifacts
  LEXSubDomains: Miscellaneous
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: a specially marked pebble, piece of pottery, or stick employed in making decisions based upon chance
    Glosses: lot
    Comments: Both in form as well as in function, the closest equivalent of κλῆρος[a] is frequently a term which refers to dice. In {S:04202303400038} a term for dice would be particularly appropriate.|It is not possible to know the particular method employed in ‘choosing by lot,’ for evidently various devices were used. In {S:04400102600006} (ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτοῖς ‘they drew lots,’ literally ‘they gave them lots’), it is probable that small sticks were handed out. See also footnote under {L:κληρόω}.
  LEXReferences: MAT 27:35, MARK 15:24, LUKE 23:34, YHN 19:24, ACTs 1:26
  LEXLinks: realia:4.9
2. LEXID: 002833001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 57.88
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  LEXSubDomains: Give
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: that which is given as a rightful possession (often in the sense of an inheritance)
    Glosses: ['possession', 'what is possessed']
  LEXReferences: COL 1:12
3. LEXID: 002833001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.101
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Assign to a Role or Function
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: a responsibility, function, or ministry which has been assigned to a person
    Glosses: ['ministry', 'task']
    Comments: For another interpretation of κλῆρος in {S:04400101700018}, see {D:63.18}.
  LEXReferences: ACTs 1:17
4. LEXID: 002833001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 35.49
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Help, Care For
  LEXSubDomains: Entrust To the Care Of
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: what has been assigned as someone’s responsibility to take care of
    Glosses: responsibility to care for
  LEXReferences: 1PET 5:3
5. LEXID: 002833001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 63.18
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide
  LEXSubDomains: Part
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: a share or portion which has been assigned or granted
    Glosses: ['part', 'share']
    Comments: For another interpretation of κλῆρος in {S:04400101700018}, see {D:37.101}.
  LEXReferences: ACTs 1:17, ACTs 8:21, ACTs 26:18
6. LEXID: 002833001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 30.107
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Think
  LEXSubDomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer
  LEXCollocations: ὁ κλῆρος πίπτει ἐπί τινα
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-08 20:13:46
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: the lot falls upon someone) the process of choosing, with the probable implication of discerning God’s will in this manner
    Glosses: ['to choose by lot', 'to select by lot']
    Comments: In some societies the closest natural equivalents of deciding by lot are procedures involving ‘drawing straws’ or ‘throwing dice’ or ‘throwing down sticks’ or ‘dropping pebbles.’
  LEXReferences: ACTs 1:26