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Koine Greek wordlink #128188

← ἐκληρώθημεν ⌂ → Eph 1 ║ ═

SR GNT Eph 1:11 ἐκληρώθημεν (eklaʸrōthaʸmen) ‘in whom also we were allotted_inheritance having_been predetermined according_to the purpose’ Strongs=28200 Lemma=klēroō^*
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=1st number=plural
Year=64 AD Refers to Word #127999 Person=Paul Refers to Word #128008

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Only use of identical word form ἐκληρώθημεν (V-IAP1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκληρώθημεν’ (V-IAP1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we were allotted_inheritance’.

Eph 1:11 ‘in whom also we were allotted_inheritance having_been predetermined according_to the purpose’ SR GNT Eph 1:11 word 4

OET-LV: 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, (EPH_1:11)

OET-RV: 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 (EPH 1:11)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘klēroō’ in the Greek originals.

Key: V=verb