adjective

klētos

Greekκλητός (klētos)

Strong’sG2822

called, summoned

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

Translated as

called10×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

klētos“called”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 1:1“called”Paulos doulos Christou Iēsu, klētos apostolos, aforizirētos eis euangeliem theouPaul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

1 Corinthians 1:1“called”Paulos klētos apostolos Christou Iēsu dia thelēmeu theou kai Sōsthenos tos adelfosPaul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

klētois“called”subjectnominative plural3×

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

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

Revelation 17:14“called”houtois meta teu arnieu polemali, kai tem arniem nikati autoin, hoti kurios kurioiu atō kai basilevos basilevoiu, kai tois meta autou klētois kai eklektois kai pistois.They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

klētoi“called”to, fordative plural5×

Romans 1:7“called”pantoi toi arōtoi en Rōma agapētoi theou, klētoi hagioi; charias vi kai eirēnas apo theou patērou nu kai kuriou Iēsu Christou.To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:28“called”Oidanē de hoti toi agaparōtoi ton theon panteim sunergatō eis agathem, toi kata prothesian klētoi arōtoi.And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:2“called”ta ekklēsa tou theou, hagiazirētoi en Christo Iēso, ta arōta en Korintha, klētoi hagioi, sun pantoi toi epikalerōtoi tem onomem tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou en panto topo autoiu kai nu;To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 1:24“called”autoi de toi klētoi, Ioudaioi tē kai Hellēnoi, Christon theou dunamian kai theou sofian.but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Jude 1:1“called”Ioudaos Iēsu Christou doulos, adelfos de Iakōbou, toi en theo patēro agapirētoi kai Iēso Christo tērirētoi klētoi;Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ: