κλῆρος
(A), Dor. κλᾶρος Pi. (v. infr.), Leg.Gort. 5.27, etc., ου, ὁ: -
I
1. lot, κλῆρον ἐσημήναντο ἕκαστος, ἐν δ’ ἔβαλον κυνέῃ Il. 7.175; κλήρους ἐν κυνέῃ χαλκήρεϊ πάλλον 3.316, cf. Od. 10.206; ἐκ κλῆρος ὄρουσεν Il. 3.325; ἐκ δ’ ἔθορε κλῆρος κυνέης 7.182; ἐν δὲ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο 23.352; ἐπὶ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο Od. 14.209, cf. SIG 1023.94 (Cos); κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι Od. 9.331; κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ’ ἕπεσθαι Il. 24.400, cf. 23.862, A. Pers. 187, Hdt. 3.83, etc.; πάντας ἀνέφεδρος ἐπαγκρατίασε τοὺς κ., i.e. he never drew a bye, SIG 1073.29 (ii A.D.); κλήρου κατὰ μοῖραν E. Rh. 545 (lyr.); διὰ τὴν τοῦ κ. τύχην Pl. R. 619d, etc.; κλάροισι θεοπροπέων divining by lots, Pi. P. 4.190: hence, of oracles, E. Hipp. 1057, Ph. 838; Ἑρμῆς γὰρ ὢν κλήρῳ ποιήσεις οἶδ’ ὅτι Ar. Pax 365; κ. Ἑρμοῦ E. Fr. 39.
2. casting of lots, drawing of lots, κ. τίθεσθαι Id. IA 1198, cf. Tr. 186 (lyr.); δοκεῖ δίκαιον εἶναι πᾶσι τῶν ἀρχῶν μετεῖναι ἐν τῷ κ. X. Ath. 1.2, cf. Arist. Pol. 1300a19, IG 5(1).1390.116 (Andania, i B.C.); = Lat. sortitio provinciarum, Plu. Aem. 10.
3. λαβὼν πίστιν.. κλήρου dub. sens. in OGI 494.19 (i or ii A.D.).
II
1. that which is assigned by lot, allotment of land, Hdt. 2.109, Th. 3.50, Pl. Lg. 740b, Arist. Pol. 1265b15, al.; λαβεῖν τᾶς χώρας ἐξαίρετον τὸν πρῶτον κλᾶρον SIG 141.6 (Corc.Nigr., iv B.C.); κ. ἱππικός OGI 229.102 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); περὶ τοῦ λάχους τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ κλάρων Schwyzer 289.88 (Priene, ii B.C.), cf. 313.4, al.
2. generally, piece of land, farm, estate, οἶκος καὶ κ. Il. 15.498; οἶκόν τε κ. τε Od. 14.64, cf. Hes. Op. 37, 341, Pi. O. 13.62; κατέφαγε τὸν κ. Hippon. 35.4; οἱ κ. τῶν Συρίων their lands, Hdt. 1.76, cf. 9.94, Call. Del. 281, etc.; Κύπρου Πάφου τ’ ἔχουσα.. κλῆρον, of Aphrodite, A. Fr. 463; κατὰ κ. Ἰαόνιον Id. Pers. 899 (lyr.); κλῆροι χθονός E. Heracl. 876; τῶν λαβόντων ἐν Ὀρχομενῷ κλᾶρον ἢ οἰκίαν IG 5(2).344.12 (iii B.C.), cf. SIG 169.61 (Iasus, iv B.C.); Πισαίοις ἐνὶ κλήροισι Nic. Fr. 74.5. b. pl., title-deeds, PGrenf. 1.14.11 (ii B.C.).
3. legacy, inheritance, heritable estate, [Isa 11:9], Pl. Lg. 923d, Arist. Ath. 9.2, SIG 1186 (iv B.C.), IG 22.1368.127, 154. b. collect., body of inheritors, Leg.Gort. l.c.
4. Astrol., certain degrees in the zodiac connected with planets and important in a nativity, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.169, 170, Ptol. Tetr. 111, Vett.Val. 59.21, al., Paul.Al. K. 2 (cf. Sch.); κ. τύχης Ptol. Tetr. 129.
5. generally, province, sphere, ἕνα θεὸν πολλῶν ἅμα προεστάναι κλήρων Dam. Pr. 369.
III of the Levites, Κύριος αὐτὸς κλῆρος αὐτοῦ LXX De. 18.2: hence, of the Christian clergy, ἐν κλήρῳ καταλεγόμενος Cod.Just. 1.3.38.2, Just. Nov. 6.1.7, Astramps. Orac. 98.7.
κλῆρος
(B), ου, ὁ, a beetle destructive in bee-hives, Clerus apiarius, Arist. HA 605b11, 626b17.
κλῆρος klēros 11x
a lot, die, a thing used in determining chances, [Mat 27:35]; [Mar 15:24]; [Luk 23:34]; [Joh 19:24]; [Act 1:26];
assignment, investiture, [Act 1:17];
allotment, destination, [Col 1:12];
a part, portion, share, [Act 8:21]; [Act 26:18];
a constituent portion of the Church, [1Pe 5:3]* inheritance; lot; share.
G2819 — κλῆρος
κλήρου, ὁ, from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for גּורָל and נַחֲלָה; 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, κλῆρος is to be derived from κλάω (cf. Ellicott on [Col 1:12])): [Act 1:26] (see below); βάλλοντες κλῆρον, [Mat 27:35]; [Mar 15:24]; [Luk 23:34]; [Joh 19:24] (Psalm 21:19; [Jon 1:7], 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, ὁ κλῆρος πίπτει ἐπί τινα, [Act 1:26] ([Eze 24:6]; [Jon 1:7]).
2. what is obtained by lot, allotted portion: λαγχάνειν and λαμβάνειν τόν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας, a prrtion in the ministry common to the apostles, [Act 1:17], [Act 1:25] R G; ἐστι μοι κλῆρος ἐν τίνι, dative of the thing, [Act 8:21]; like κληρονομία (which see) it is used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation, λαμβάνειν... τόν κλῆρον ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις, among the sanctified, [Act 26:18] (Wis. 5:5); of eternal salvation itself, κλῆρος τῶν ἁγίων, i. e. the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints, [Col 1:12] (where cf. Lightfoot). of persons, οἱ κλῆροι, 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: [1Pe 5:3], cf. [Act 17:4]; (for patristic usage see Sophocles Lexicon, under the word; cf. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 246f).