Quick Definition
glory, fame, praise
Strong's Definition
renown (as if being called)
Derivation: from a shorter form of G2564 (καλέω);
KJV Usage: glory
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλέος, κλεους, τό (κλέω equivalent to καλέω);
1. rumor, report.
2. glory, praise: 1Pe_2:20. (In both senses common in Greek writings from Homer down; for ωΕΡξΗς , Job_28:22.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλέος kleos 1x
pr. rumor, report; good report, praise, credit, 1Pe_2:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κλέος , -ους , τό ,
[in LXX : Job_28:22 ( H8088 ) Job_30:8 * ;]
1. a rumour, report.
2. good report, fame, glory: 1Pe_2:20 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλέος [page 346]
For the derived sense of glory, fame, which this word has in its only NT occurrence ( 1Pe_2:20 : cf. Job_28:22 ), see PSI IV. 341 .3 (B.C. 256 5) ἀκούοντες γὰρ τὸ κλέος τῆς πόλεως , P Oxy I. 33 verso .12 (late ii/AD.) κλέος σοί ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης σου πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κλέος [Etym: κλέω] "a rumour, report, news", Lat. fama, Hom. ; σὸν κλέος "news" of thee, Od. ; c. gen., κλέος Ἀχαιῶν "the report" of their coming, Il. :— "a mere report", opp. to certainty, κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν, οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν we hear "a rumour" only, but know naught, id=Il. "good report, fame, glory", Hom. ; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει Od. ; κλ. ἑλέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι Pind. ; λαβεῖν Soph. ; κλ. καταθέσθαι to lay up store of "glory", Hdt. , etc.: —in pl., ἄειδε κλέα ἀνδρῶν (shortd. from κλέεα), was singing "the lays" of their achievements, Il. in bad sense, δύσφημον κλέος ill "repute", Pind. ; αἰσχρὸν κλ. Eur. ;—both senses combined in Thuc. , ἧς ἂν ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου κλέος ᾖ of whom there is least "talk" either for praise or blame.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κλέος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: Job.28:22 (שֵׁמַע) Job.30:8 * ;]
__1. a rumour, report.
__2. good report, fame, glory: 1Pe.2:20.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Credit (2811) kleos
Credit (2811)(kleos from kleo = to tell) means a good report, fame or renown. This verse is the only NT usage.
Vine writes that kleos
is derived from a root signifying “hearing”; hence, the meaning “reputation.”
Josephus uses kleos in his discussion of the prophet Balaam writing that God "had raised him to great reputation on account of the truth of his predictions"
The writing First Clement has the phrase "win fame for oneself".