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To obtain

κληρόωStrong’s G2820

klēroō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Klēroō is the Greek word usually translated “we have obtained an inheritance”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:”
Ephesians 1:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “we have obtained an inheritance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • we have obtained an inheritance 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ephesians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    κληρόω klēroō · to obtain

    κληρόω, -ῶ [in LXX: 1Ki.14:41 (לָכַד ni.), Est.4:11 A (קָרָא ni.), Isa.17:11 * ;] 1. to cast lots. 2. to choose by lot. 3. to assign by lot, assign a portion: pass., ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν, Eph.1:11 (on the various interpretations, see ICC; AR; Ellic., in l).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “obtain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    OBTA'IN, verb transitive

    [Latin obtineo; ob and teneo, to hold.]

    1. To get; to gain; to procure; in a general sense, to gain possession of a thing, whether temporary or permanent; to acquiare. this word usually implies exertion to get possession, and in this it differs from receive, which may or may not imply exertion. it differs from acquire, as genus from species; acquire being properly applied only to things permanently possessed; but obtain is applied both to things of temporary and of permanent possession.“He shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries” Daniel 11:21“In whom we have obtained an inheritance” Ephesians 1:11
    2. To keep; to hold.
    All definitions and other forms of “obtain”

      OBTA'IN, verb intransitive

      1. To be received in customary or common use; to continue in use; to be established in practice.
      2. To be established; to subsist in nature.
      3. To prevail; to succeed. [Little used.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.