adjective

Greekκλητός (klētos)

Biblang

klētos

Strong’sG2822

called, summoned

stem klēt-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 26 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.

κλητός, -ή, -όν

(< καλέω), [in LXX for קרא, מִקְרָא, Ex 12:16, al.;]

called, invited (as to a banquet, Æsch., I Ki 1:41, III Mac 5:14); in NT, always of the Divine call;

(a) to some office: κ. ἀπόστολος, Ro 1:1, I Co 1:1;

(b) to salvation: Ro 8:28, I Co 1:24, Ju 1; κ. καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ. πιστοί, Re 17:14; in gosp. (not in pl., v.s. καλέω) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός, Mt 20:16 (WH, txt., R, omit), 22:14; κ. Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Ro 1:6; κ. ἅγιοι, saints by calling, Ro 1:7, I Co 1:2.†

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

Strong’s G2822 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidklay-tos'

invited, i.e. appointed, or (specially), a saint

Fromfrom the same as G2821;

King Jamescalled.

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

κλητ-ός, ή, όν,
invited, Refs 4th c.BC+; welcome, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 called out, chosen, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 invoked, Refs
4 summoned to court, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II substantive κλητή (i.e. ἐκκλησία), ἡ, convocation, LXX

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.

called10×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	klētos2×κλητὸς	klētas	klētem	klētois3×κλητοὶ	klētais	klēteim
object accusative	klēton	klētan		klētoin	klētain
direct address vocative	klētor	klētar		klētoir	klētair
of, belonging to genitive	klētou	klētau	klēteu	klētoiu	klētaiu	klēteiu
to, for dative	klēto	klēta	klēte	klētoi5×κλητοῖς	klētai	klētei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

klētstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

klēt 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

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

klētos“called”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 1:1Paulos doulos Christou Iēsu, klētos apostolos, aforizorēntos eis euangeliem theouPaul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set …

1 Corinthians 1:1Paulos klētos apostolos Christou Iēsu dia thelēmeu theou …Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ …

klētois“called”subjectnominative plural3×

Matthew 22:14pollois gar alō klētois oligois de eklektois.For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Romans 1:6en hei avō kai vis klētois Iēsu Christou,… also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Revelation 17:14… basilevos basilevoiu, kai tois meta autou klētois kai eklektois kai pistois.… He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

klētoi“called”to, fordative plural5×

Romans 1:7… toi arōntoi en Rōma agapētoi theou, klētoi hagioi; charitas vi kai eirēnas apo …… who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace …

Romans 8:28… sunergatō eis agathem, toi kata prothesian klētoi arōntoi.… those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:2… Christo Iēso, ta arōnta en Korintha, klētoi hagioi, sun pantoi toi epikalorōntoi tem …… those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all …

1 Corinthians 1:24autoi de toi klētoi, Ioudaioi tē kai Hellēnoi, Christon theou …but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the …

Jude 1:1… patro agaporēntoi kai Iēso Christo tērorēntoi klētoi;… of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and …