STRONGS G2822:
κλητός,
κλητή,
κλητον (
κλαέω) (from
Homer down),
called, invited (to a banquet (
1 Kings 1:41,
49); 3Macc. 5:14;
Aeschines 50, 1); in the N. T.
a. "invited (by God in the proclamation of the gospel) to obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God through Christ" (see
καλέω, 1 b.
β'. (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 35 (34))):
Romans 8:28;
1 Corinthians 1:24;
Jude 1:1;
κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί,
Revelation 17:14;
κλητοί and
ἐκλεκτοί are distinguished (see
ἐκλεκτός, 1 a.) in
Matthew 20:16 (
T WH omit;
Tr brackets the clause);
Matthew 22:14, a distinction which does not agree with Paul's view (see
καλέω, as above; (Weiss, Biblical Theol. § 88;
Lightfoot's Commentary on
Colossians 3:12));
κλητοί Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, genitive of possessor (
Winers Grammar, 195 (183);
Buttmann, § 132, 23), devoted to Christ and united to him,
Romans 1:6;
κλητοί ἅγιοι, "holy (or 'saints') by the calling of God,"
Romans 1:7;
1 Corinthians 1:2.
b. called to (the discharge of) some office:
κλητός ἀπόστολος, i. e. divinely selected and appointed (see
καλέω, as above),
Romans 1:1;
1 Corinthians 1:1 (
L brackets
κλητός); cf.
Galatians 1:15.
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