verb
klēromō
Strong’sG2820
I make a heritage
stem klēr-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κληρόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: I Ki 14:41 (לכד ni.), Es 4:11 A (קרא ni.), Is 17:11*;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect κλᾱρόω, infinitive κλαρώεν Refs 2nd c.BC+:—appoint by lot, ἐξ ἁπάντων τὰς ἀρχάς Refs 5th c.BC+; also, of the lot, fall on, οὓς ἐκλήρωσεν πάλος Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, cast lots for office, of candidates, ἂν ἔλθῃ κληρωσόμενος τῶν ἐννέα ἀρχόντων Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be appointed by lot, Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.; [πρόεδροι] κεκληρωμένοι Refs 4th c.BC+
2 cast lots, Refs 5th c.BC+; κληρώσω πάντας I will make all draw lots, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅτε ἐκληροῦσθε when you were drawing lots, Refs
3 middle, have allotted one, obtain by lot, δεσπότας Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, obtain as one's sphere or province, τὸ ταὐτὸν ὁ δημιουργὸς ἐκληρώσατο Refs 2nd c.AD+; κεκληρῶσθαι to be in possession of, to have, Refs 5th c.BC+
II allot, assign, ὔμμε δ᾽ ἐκλάρωσε πότμος Ζηνί Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἐκληρώθην δούλη Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 ὀμφὰν κ. deliver an oracle by lot, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| klērinaἐκληρώθημεν | happened · weaorist passive indicative 1st person plural | obtained an inheritance | 1× |
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
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klēromō | klērome | klēromē | klēromelē |
| you 2nd person singular | klērosō | klērose | klērosē | klēroselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klērotō | klērote | klērotē | klērotelē |
| we 1st person plural | klēronō | klērone | klēronē | klēronelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērovō | klērove | klērovē | klērovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | klērolō | klērole | klērolē | klērolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klērimi | klērima |
| you 2nd person singular | klērisi | klērisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klēriti | klērita |
| we 1st person plural | klērini | klērina1×ἐκληρώθημεν |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērivi | klēriva |
| they 3rd person plural | klērili | klērila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klēromeiō | klēromeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | klēroseiō | klēroseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klēroteiō | klēroteiē |
| we 1st person plural | klēroneiō | klēroneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | klēroveiō | klēroveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | klēroleiō | klēroleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klērimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | klēriseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klēriteia |
| we 1st person plural | klērineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | klēriveia |
| they 3rd person plural | klērileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | klērosōr | klērosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klērotōr | klērotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērovōr | klērovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | klērolōr | klērolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | klērisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klēritar |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērivar |
| they 3rd person plural | klērilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klēromoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | klērosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klērotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | klēronoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | klēroloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | klērimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | klērisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | klēritoia |
| we 1st person plural | klērinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | klērivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | klēriloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | klērorō | klērorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | klēriri | klērira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | klērorōntos | klērorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | klēririntos | klērirantos |
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
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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
klērina“obtained an inheritance”happened · weaorist passive indicative 1st person plural1×
Ephesians 1:11“obtained an inheritance”en ho kai klērina proorizirantois kata prothesian tou teim panteim …In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works …