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verb

klērimō

Greekκληρόω (klēroō)

Strong’sG2820

I make a heritage

stem klēr-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

obtained an inheritance

What it means

κληρόω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: I Ki 14:41 (לכד ni.), Es 4:11 A (קרא ni.), Is 17:11*;]

1. to cast lots.
2. to choose by lot.
3. to assign by lot, assign a portion: pass., ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν, Eph 1:11 (on the various interpretations, v. ICC; AR; Ellic., in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2820 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidklay-ro'-o

to allot, i.e. (figuratively) to assign (a privilege)

Fromfrom G2819;

King Jamesobtain an inheritance.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
klērinaἐκληρώθημενhappened · weaorist passive indicative 1st person pluralobtained an inheritance

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularklērimōklērimeklērimiklērimaklērimēklērimelē
you 2nd person singularklērisōklēriseklērisiklērisaklērisēklēriselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularklēritōklēriteklēritiklēritaklēritēklēritelē
we 1st person pluralklērinōklērineklēriniklērinaἐκληρώθημενklērinēklērinelē
ye 2nd person pluralklērivōklēriveklēriviklērivaklērivēklērivelē
they 3rd person pluralklērilōklērileklēriliklērilaklērilēklērilelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularklērimeiōklērimeiaklērimeiē
you 2nd person singularklēriseiōklēriseiaklēriseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularklēriteiōklēriteiaklēriteiē
we 1st person pluralklērineiōklērineiaklērineiē
ye 2nd person pluralklēriveiōklēriveiaklēriveiē
they 3rd person pluralklērileiōklērileiaklērileiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularklērisōrklērisarklērisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularklēritōrklēritarklēritēr
ye 2nd person pluralklērivōrklērivarklērivēr
they 3rd person pluralklērilōrklērilarklērilēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularklērimoiōklērimoia
you 2nd person singularklērisoiōklērisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularklēritoiōklēritoia
we 1st person pluralklērinoiōklērinoia
ye 2nd person pluralklērivoiōklērivoia
they 3rd person pluralklēriloiōklēriloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acted on passive voiceklērirōklēririklēriraklērirē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acted on passive voiceklērirōtosklēriritosklēriratosklērirētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
klērstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvlwho person+eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+tthen it declines+ogender+sits job in the sentence case

klēr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

klēros — κλῆρος, a lot, portion

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

klērina“obtained an inheritance”happened · weaorist passive indicative 1st person plural

Ephesians 1:11“obtained an inheritance”en ho kai klērina prooriziratois kata prothesian tou teim panteim energarōtou kata tan boulan teu thelēmeu autou,In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,