Strong’s G2819 · Greek

κλῆρος
klēros

Definition

a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively)

Etymology

probably from G2806 (κλάω) (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose;

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • heritage
  • inheritance
  • lot
  • part

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.