κλῆρος

klh'ro" klh'ro",
klhvrou,
oJ, from Homer down; the Septuagint mostly for lr;/G and hl;j}n"; a lot; i. e.:1. an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood (hence,
klh'ro" is to be derived from
klavw (cf. Ellicott on )): (see below);
bavllonte"
klh'ron, ; ; ; ( (); , etc.); the lots of the several persons concerned, inscribed with their names, were thrown together into a vase, which was then shaken, and he whose lot first fell out upon the ground was the one chosen (Homer, Iliad 3, 316, 325; 7, 175, etc.; Livy 23, 3 (but cf. B. D. American edition, under the word Lot)); hence,
oJ
klh'ro"
pivptei
ejpiv
tina, (; ).2. what is obtained by lot, allotted portion:
lagcavnein and
lambavnein
tovn
klh'ron
th'"
diakoniva", a prrtion in the ministry common to the apostles, , R G;
ejsti
moi
klh'ro"
ejn
tivni, dative of the thing, ; like
klhronomiva (which see) it is used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation,
lambavnein ...
tovn
klh'ron
ejn
toi'"
hJgiasmevnoi", among the sanctified, (Sap. ); of eternal salvation itself,
klh'ro"
tw'n
aJgivwn, i. e. the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints, (where cf. Lightfoot). of persons,
oiJ
klh'roi, those whose care and oversight has been assigned to one (allotted charge), used of Christian churches, the administration of which falls to the lot of the presbyters: , cf. ; (for patristic usage see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word; cf. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 246f).*