Strong's Concordance klétos: called Original Word: κλητός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: klétos Phonetic Spelling: (klay-tos') Short Definition: called, summoned Definition: called, invited, summoned by God to an office or to salvation. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2822 klētós – literally, "called" (derived from 2564/kaleō, "to call, summon"). See 2821 (klēsis). In the NT, 2822 /klētós ("divinely called") focuses on God's general call – i.e. the call (invitation) He gives to all people, so all can receive His salvation. God desires every person to call out to Him and receive His salvation (1 Tim 2:4,5). "Unfortunately, many choose not to – but all can; all don't but all can call out to God for His mercy (not just 'some')" (G. Archer). See 2821 /klēsis ("calling"). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2822: κλητόςκλητός, κλητή, κλητον (κλαέω) (from Homer down), called, invited (to a banquet (1 Kings 1:41, 49); 3Macc. 5:14; Aeschines 50, 1); in the N. T. a. "invited (by God in the proclamation of the gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God through Christ" (see καλέω, 1 b. β'. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34))): Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Jude 1:1; κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί, Revelation 17:14; κλητοί and ἐκλεκτοί are distinguished (see ἐκλεκτός, 1 a.) in Matthew 20:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Matthew 22:14, a distinction which does not agree with Paul's view (see καλέω, as above; (Weiss, Biblical Theol. § 88; Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians 3:12)); κλητοί Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, genitive of possessor (Winers Grammar, 195 (183); Buttmann, § 132, 23), devoted to Christ and united to him, Romans 1:6; κλητοί ἅγιοι, "holy (or 'saints') by the calling of God," Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2. b. called to (the discharge of) some office: κλητός ἀπόστολος, i. e. divinely selected and appointed (see καλέω, as above), Romans 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:1 (L brackets κλητός); cf. Galatians 1:15. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance called. From the same as klesis; invited, i.e. Appointed, or (specially), a saint -- called. see GREEK klesis Forms and Transliterations κηλτοί κληταί κλητάς κλητή κλητοι κλητοί κλητοὶ κλητοις κλητοίς κλητοῖς κλητος κλητός κλητὸς κλητούς kletoi kletoí kletoì klētoi klētoí klētoì kletois kletoîs klētois klētoîs kletos kletòs klētos klētòsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 282211 Occurrences κλητοί — 4 Occ. κλητοῖς — 5 Occ. κλητὸς — 2 Occ. Matthew 20:16 Adj-NMP GRK: γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί ὀλίγοι δὲ KJV: many be called, but few INT: indeed are called few however Matthew 22:14 Adj-NMP Romans 1:1 Adj-NMS Romans 1:6 Adj-NMP Romans 1:7 Adj-DMP Romans 8:28 Adj-DMP 1 Corinthians 1:1 Adj-NMS 1 Corinthians 1:2 Adj-DMP 1 Corinthians 1:24 Adj-DMP Jude 1:1 Adj-DMP Revelation 17:14 Adj-NMP |