The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κλῆσις

Lemmaκλῆσις
Citation formκλῆσις, εως, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa calling, summons
Strong’sG2821
Transliterationklēsis
Definitionan invitation (figuratively)
KJV glosses:--calling.
Derivationfrom a shorter form of
SBLGNT occurrences11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κλήσει
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)1 Corinthians 7:20
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-)2 Timothy 1:9
κλήσεως
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Ephesians 1:18
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Ephesians 4:1
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Ephesians 4:4
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Philippians 3:14
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)2 Thessalonians 1:11
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-)Hebrews 3:1
κλῆσιν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)1 Corinthians 1:26
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)2 Peter 1:10
κλῆσις
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-)Romans 11:29

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κλησις.