κλῆσις, εως, ἡ,

(καλέω)

I

1. calling, call, Pl. Smp. 172a, X. Cyr. 3.2.14, etc.

2. calling into court, summons, prosecution, Ar. Nu. 875, 1189, etc.; τὰς κλήσεις καλεῖσθαι ὅσας ἔδει Antipho 6.38; ἀφιέναι τὰς κ. X. HG 1.7.13.

3. invitation to a feast, Id. Smp. 1.7; εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον D. 19.32; κλήσεις δείπνων Plu. Per. 7, cf. Parmenisc. ap. Ath. 4.156d.

4. invocation, θεῶν Men.Rh. p.333 S.

5. calling to aid, Plb. 2.50.7.

6. calling in a religious sense, 1Co 7:20.

II name, appellation, Pl. Plt. 262d, 287e, Dsc. 1.42; τοὺς θεοὺς εἶναι κ. ἱεράς Cleanth.Stoic. 1.123; Φιλησίη τὴν κ. by name, IG 14.2067; reputation, Phld. Rh. 2.46 S.

III Gramm., αἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων the nominatives, opp. αἱ πτώσεις (the oblique cases), Arist. APr. 48b41; ἔχειν θηλείας ἢ ἄρρενος κλῆσιν the nominative form of.., Id. SE 173b40, cf. 182a18. = Lat. classis, D.H. 4.18.

κλῆσις klēsis 11x

    a call, calling, invitation; in NT the call or invitation to the privileges of the Gospel, Rom 11:29; Eph 1:18;

    the favor and privilege of the invitation, 2Th 1:11; 2Pe 1:10;

    the temporal condition in which the call found a person, 1Co 1:26; 1Co 7:20 calling.

G2821 — κλῆσις

κλήσεως, ἡ (καλέω);

1. a calling, calling to ((Xenophon, Plato, others)).

2. a call, invitation: to a feast (3Macc. 5:14; Xenophon, symp. 1, 7); in the N. T. everywhere in a technical sense, the divine invitation to embrace salvation in the kingdom of God, which is made especially through the preaching of the gospel: with the genitive of the author, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Eph 1:18; ἀμεταμέλητα... ἡ κλῆσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, God does not repent of the invitation to salvation, which he decided of old to give to the people of Israel, and which he promised their fathers (i. e. the patriarchs), Rom 11:29; ἡ ἄνω (which see (a.)) κλῆσις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ, which was made in heaven by God on the ground of Christ, Phi 3:14; also ἡ ἐπουράνιος κλῆσις, Heb 3:1; καλεῖν τινα κλήσει, 2Ti 1:9; passive Eph 4:1; ἀξιουν τινα κλήσεως is used of one whom God declares worthy of the calling which he has commanded to be given him, and therefore fit to obtain the blessings promised in the call, 2Th 1:11; with the genitive of the object, ὑμῶν, which ye have shared in, Eph 4:4; 2Pe 1:10; what its characteristics have been in your case, as having no regard to learning, riches, station, etc. 1Co 1:26; used somewhat peculiarly, of the condition in which the calling finds one, whether circumcised or uncircumcised, slave or freeman, 1Co 7:20.

κλῆσις , - εως , ἡ ( καλέω ),

[in LXX : Jer 31:6 (H7121), Jdt 12:10 A, 3Mac 514 * ;]

a calling, call; in NT, always of the Divine call to salvation: Rom 11:29, 1Co 1:26; 1Co 7:20, Eph 1:18; Eph 4:1; Eph 4:4, Php 3:14, 2Th 1:11, 2Ti 1:9, Heb 3:1, 2Pe 1:10 ( Cremer , 332). †

詞類次數：名詞（11）

原文字根：召（著） 相當於：H7121（קָרָא‎）

字義溯源：邀請，召，呼召，神召，蒙召，選召，身分；源自（G2564（καλέω）=召）；G2564（καλέω）出自（G2753（κελεύω）=激勵，邀請），而G2753（κελεύω）出自（G2753（κελεύω）X*=力言）

出現次數：總共（11）；羅（1）；林前（2）；弗（3）；腓（1）；帖後（1）；提後（1）；來（1）；彼後（1）

譯字彙編：

1）呼召（4）弗1:18；腓3:14；帖後1:11；彼後1:10；

2）蒙召（2）林前1:26；弗4:4；

3）呼召的（1）來3:1；

4）召（1）提後1:9；

5）選召（1）羅11:29；

6）身分（1）林前7:20；

7）所蒙的召（1）弗4:1