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Strong's G2819 κλῆρος (kleros)

Kleros means “heritage” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2819 — chashchuth (“be needful”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2819
Language Greek
Linked Usages 132
Books 32

Strong's G2819 Quick Answer

Strong's G2819 κλῆρος (kleros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kleros (klay`-ros) n. 1. a die (for drawing chances) 2. (by implication) a portion (as if so secured) It has 132 linked Bible usages across 32 books. Visible English usage signals include lot, inheritance, lord, children, and land. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kleros (klay`-ros) n. 1. a die (for drawing chances) 2. (by implication) a portion (as if so secured)
Usage
132 linked usages
Books
32 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
lot, inheritance, lord, children, and land

Meaning and Definition

kleros (klay`-ros) n. 1. a die (for drawing chances) 2. (by implication) a portion (as if so secured) 3. (by extension) an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively) [probably from G2806 (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose] KJV: heritage, inheritance, lot, part Root(s): G2806

Original Word
κλῆρος
Transliteration
kleros
Derivation
Root: κλάω R1: 2806
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2819. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

lot

Usage: κλῆρος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נַחֲלָה גּוֹרָל ;] a lot; __(a) that which is cast or drawn: Mat.27:35, Mrk.15:24, Luk.23:34, Jhn.19:24" (LXX), Act.1:26; __(b) that which is obtained by casting: Act.1:17 8:21; of a part in the Kingdom of God (cf. Wis 55), Act.26:18, Col.1:12; pl. of the "cure" of a presbyter, 1Pe.5:3 (see ICC, in l).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

lot inheritance lord children land lots god out israel cast tribe thee

How Strong's G2819 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 114 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2819 (κλῆρος) appears 138 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2819 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2819 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 27:35 KJV

And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

Mark 15:24 KJV

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Luke 23:34 KJV

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Strong's G2819 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

114 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 48:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children which thou shalt beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances.

Genesis 49:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Issachar has desired that which is good; Resting between the inheritances.

Exodus 6:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will bring you into the land concerning which I stretched out my hand to give it to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and I will give it you for an inheritance: I am the Lord.

Strong's G2819 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2819.

Genesis 48:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children which thou shalt beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances.
Genesis 49:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Issachar has desired that which is good; Resting between the inheritances.
Exodus 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring you into the land concerning which I stretched out my hand to give it to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and I will give it you for an inheritance: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord, and the other for the scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron shall bring forward the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and shall offer him for a sin offering.
Leviticus 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the goat upon which the lot of the scapegoat came, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon him, so as to send him away as a scapegoat, and he shall send him into the wilderness.
Numbers 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art a prince, and hast thou brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and hast thou given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? wouldest thou have put out the eyes of those men? we will not go up.
Numbers 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 18:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt also speak to the Levites, and shalt say to them, If ye take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for an inheritance, then shall ye separate from it a heave offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.
Numbers 26:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families.
Numbers 26:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.
Numbers 26:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
Numbers 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying,
Numbers 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onward, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.
Numbers 33:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land, and ye shall dwell in it, for I have given their land to you for an inheritance.
Numbers 33:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part a man’s name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.
Numbers 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Numbers 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received their inheritance according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritances.
Numbers 34:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastward.
Numbers 35:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.
Numbers 36:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Numbers 36:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they will become wives in one of the tribes of the children of Israel; so their inheritance shall be taken away from the possession of our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which the women shall marry, and shall be taken away from the portion of our inheritance.
Numbers 36:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the inheritance shall not go about from one tribe to another, but the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in his own inheritance.
Deuteronomy 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given Mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Ar to the children of Lot to inherit.
Deuteronomy 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye shall draw nigh to the children of Ammon: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I charged you at that time, saying, The Lord your God has given you this land by lot; arm yourselves, every one that is powerful, and go before your brethren the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God was angry with me for the things said by you, and swore that I should not go over this Jordan, and that I should not enter into the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 5:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but stand thou here with me, and I will tell thee all the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, and let them do so in the land which I give them for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 9:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are thy people and thy portion, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great strength, and with thy mighty hand, and with thy high arm.
Deuteronomy 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he said to them.
Deuteronomy 11:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For ye are passing over Jordan, to go in and inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives you to inherit always, and ye shall dwell in it.
Deuteronomy 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the ordinances and the judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which ye live upon the land.
Deuteronomy 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 14:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Levite that is in thy cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with thee.
Deuteronomy 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.
Deuteronomy 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus there shall not be a poor person in the midst of thee, for the Lord thy God will surely bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee by inheritance, that thou shouldest inherit it.
Deuteronomy 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when thou shalt enter into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, and shalt inherit it and dwell in it, and shalt say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;
Deuteronomy 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them.
Deuteronomy 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.
Deuteronomy 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, and there shall not be in thee one guilty of blood.
Deuteronomy 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbor, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Deuteronomy 21:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for everyone that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord thy God, and ye shall not defile the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Deuteronomy 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.
Deuteronomy 26:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be when thou shalt have entered into the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit it, and thou shalt have inherited it, and thou shalt have dwelt upon it,
Deuteronomy 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, to meet us in war.
Joshua 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the Sea of Baal-gad in the plain of Lebanon, and as far as the mountain of Halak, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;
Joshua 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
everyone that inhabits the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim. All the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but do thou give them by inheritance to Israel, as I charged thee.
Joshua 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.
Joshua 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
Joshua 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land on which thou art gone up, it shall be thy inheritance and thy children’s forever, because thou hast applied thyself to follow the Lord our God.
Joshua 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh the son of Kenaz for an inheritance.
Joshua 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel.
Joshua 17:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the rulers, saying, God gave a charge by the hand of Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren: so there was given to them by the command of the Lord an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Joshua 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the daughters of the sons of Manasseh inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and the land of Gilead was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasseh.
Joshua 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.
Joshua 17:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great strength, thou shalt not have only one inheritance.
Joshua 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do ye divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will give you a lot before the Lord our God.
Joshua 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men rose up and went; and Joshua charged the men who went to explore the land, saying, Go and explore the land, and come to me, and I will bring you forth a lot here before the Lord in Shiloh.
Joshua 18:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua cast the lot for them in Shiloh before the Lord.
Joshua 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua 19:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the second lot came out for the children of Simeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Judah.
Joshua 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their lot was Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
Joshua 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon was a part of the lot of Judah, for the portion of the children of Judah was greater than theirs; and the children of Simeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
Joshua 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the third lot came out to Zebulun according to their families: the bounds of their inheritance shall be—Esedekgola shall be their border,
Joshua 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar.
Joshua 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fifth lot came out to Asher according to their families.
Joshua 19:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sixth lot came out to Naphtali.
Joshua 19:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seventh lot came out to Dan.
Joshua 19:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Joshua 19:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
are the divisions which Eleazar the priest divided by lot, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of families among the tribes of Israel, according to the lots, in Shiloh before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and they went to take possession of the land.
Joshua 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lot came out for the children of Kohath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
Joshua 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to the sons of Aaron of the family of Kohath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
Joshua 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.
Judges 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said to his brother Simeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Canaanites, and I also will go with thee into thy lot: and Simeon went with him.
Judges 20:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now this is the thing which shall be done in Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot.
1 Chronicles 6:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Kohathites: for they had the lot.
1 Chronicles 6:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the sons of Kohath that were left of their families, there were given out of the tribe, namely, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
1 Chronicles 6:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the sons of Merari according to their families there were given, by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of Reuben, of the tribe of Gad, and of the tribe of Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 6:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name.
1 Chronicles 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he divided them according to their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things, and those who had charge of the house of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the first lot came out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chronicles 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they also received lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Zadok also, and Ahimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal heads of families, even as their younger brethren.
1 Chronicles 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.
1 Chronicles 25:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, namely, Gedaliah: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren being twelve.
1 Chronicles 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.
1 Chronicles 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lot of the east gates fell to Shelemiah, and Zechariah: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward.
Nehemiah 10:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
Nehemiah 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
Esther 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mordecai: and the lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month which is Adar.
Esther 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
Esther 9:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Pur); because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
Psalms 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They parted my garments among themselves, And cast lots upon my raiment.
Psalms 67:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even if ye should lie among the lots, Ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her breast with yellow gold.
Psalms 124:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners To be upon the lot of the righteous; Lest the righteous should stretch forth Their hands to iniquity.
Proverbs 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But do thou cast in thy lot with us, And let us all provide a common purse, And let us have one pouch:
Proverbs 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A silent man quells strifes, And determines between great powers.
Isaiah 34:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall cast lots for them, and his hand has portioned out their pasture, saying, Ye shall inherit the land forever: they shall rest on it through all generations.
Isaiah 57:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
Jeremiah 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.
Jeremiah 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus is thy lot, and the reward of your disobedience to me, saith the Lord; as thou didst forget me, and trust in lies,
Ezekiel 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.
Ezekiel 47:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in their inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the land, which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
Daniel 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But go thou, and rest; for there are yet days and seasons to the fulfillment of the end; and thou shalt stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Hosea 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
Joel 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.
Obadiah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the day that thou stoodest in opposition to him, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.
Jonah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Micah 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.
Nahum 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious possessions, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
Matthew 27:35 New Testament, KJV
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Mark 15:24 New Testament, KJV
And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Luke 23:34 New Testament, KJV
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
John 19:24 New Testament, KJV
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
Acts 1:17 New Testament, KJV
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Acts 1:25 New Testament, KJV
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2819, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 25 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 28 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2819 FAQ

What does kleros (κλῆρος) mean?

Kleros (Strong's G2819) is a Greek word most simply glossed "heritage". kleros (klay`-ros) n. 1. a die (for drawing chances) 2. (by implication) a portion (as if so secured)

How many times is kleros (κλῆρος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 132 linked usages for Strong's G2819 across 32 books.

Where can I study kleros (κλῆρος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2819 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kleros (κλῆρος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lot, inheritance, lord, children, land, and lots. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2819 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 114 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2819, with linked reader references where each row is available.