Quick Definition
calledsummoned
Strong's Definition
invited, i.e. appointed, or (specially), a saint
Derivation: from the same as G2821 (κλῆσις);
KJV Usage: called
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλητός, κλητή, κλητον (κλαέω) (from Homer down), called, invited (to a banquet (1Ki_1:41; 1Ki_1:49); 3Ma_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))): Rom_8:28; 1Co_1:24; Jud_1:1; κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί, Rev_17:14; κλητοί and ἐκλεκτοί are distinguished (see ἐκλεκτός, 1 a.) in Mat_20:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Mat_22:14, a distinction which does not agree with Paul's view (see καλέω, as above; (Weiss, Biblical Theol. § 88; Lightfoot's Commentary on Col_3:12)); κλητοί Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, genitive of possessor (Winers Grammar, 195 (183); Buttmann, § 132, 23), devoted to Christ and united to him, Rom_1:6; κλητοί ἅγιοι, "holy (or 'saints') by the calling of God," Rom_1:7; 1Co_1:2.
b. called to (the discharge of) some office: κλητός ἀπόστολος, i. e. divinely selected and appointed (see καλέω, as above), Rom_1:1; 1Co_1:1 (L brackets κλητός); cf. Gal_1:15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλητός klētos 10x
called, invited, in NT called to privileges or function, Mat_20:16 ; Mat_22:14 ; Rom_1:1 ; Rom_1:6-7 ; Rom_8:28 ; 1Co_1:1-2 ; 1Co_1:24 ; Jud_1:1 ; Rev_17:14 called.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κλητός , -ή , -όν
( < καλέω ),
[in LXX for H7121 , H4744 , Exo_12:16 , al. ;]
called, invited (as to a banquet, Ζsch ., 1Sa 1:41, 3Ma_5:14 ); in NT, always of the Divine call;
(a) to some office: κ . ἀπόστολος , Rom_1:1 , 1Co_1:1 ;
(b) to salvation: Rom_8:28 , 1Co_1:24 , Jud_1:1 ; κ . καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ . πιστοί , Rev_17:14 ; in gosp. (not in pl ., see καλέω ) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός , Mat_20:16 ( WH , txt ., R , omit), Mat_22:14 ; κ . Ἰησοῦ Χρ ., Rom_1:6 ; κ . ἅγιοι , saints by calling, Rom_1:7 , 1Co_1:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλητός [page 348]
κλητός is found in P Amh II. 79 .5 ( c. A.D. 186), but unfortunately in a much mutilated context. The way is prepared for the NT usage (see Lightfoot on Col_3:12 ) by the mention of the guests (οἱ κλητοί ) of Adonijah in 1Ki_1:41 ; 1Ki_1:49 . Slaten ( Qualitative Nouns , p. 57) throws out the conjecture that κλητός was a cult term adopted by the Christians from the terminology of the Greek mysteries, but he offers no evidence.As bringing out that οἱ κλητοί , as distinguished from οἱ κεκλημένοι , denotes that the call has been obeyed, we may cite Cl. Alex. Strom. I. 89. 3 (p. 57, ed. Sthδlin) πάντων τοίνυν ἀνθρώπων κεκλημένων οἱ ὑπακοῦσαι βουληθέντες ῾κλητοὶ᾽ ὠνομάσθησαν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κλητός κλητός, ή, όν [Etym: καλέω] "called, invited, welcome", Od. "called out, chosen", Il.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κλητός, -ή, -όν
(καλέω), [in LXX for קָרָא, מִקְרָא, Exo.12:16, al. ;]
called, invited (as to a banquet, Æsch., 1Sa 1:41, 3Ma.5:14); in NT, always of the Divine call;
__(a) to some office: κ. ἀπόστολος, Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1;
__(b) to salvation: Rom.8:28, 1Co.1:24, Ju 1; κ. καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ. πιστοί, Rev.17:14; in gosp. (not in pl., see: καλέω) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός, Mat.20:16 (WH, txt., R, omit), Mat.22:14; κ. Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:6; κ. ἅγιοι, saints by calling, Rom.1:7, 1Co.1:2.†
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