Quick Definition
κλέος, ους, τό n.n. glory, fame, praise
Strong's Definition
from a shorter form of 2564; renown (as if being called)
KJV Usage: glory
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους
87.5 · Status · Honor or Respect in Relation to Status
honor, fame, good reputation a good reputation as an index of status
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κλέος, -ous, τό. (κλέω Equiv. tO καλέω) ; 1. rumor, report. 2. glory, praise: 1 Vet. ii. 20. (In both senses com. in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; for pnw, Job XXVili. 22.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κλέος kleos 1x
pr. rumor, report; good report, praise, credit, 1 Pet. 2:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κλέος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX: Jb 28:22 (שֵׁמַע) Jb 30:8*;]
a rumour, report.
good report, fame, glory: I Pe 2:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κλέος. For the derived sense of “ρου, ‘‘fame,’’ which this word has in its only NT occurrence (1 Pet 259 ; cf. Job 2823), see PSI IV. 3413 (B.C. 256-5) ἀκούοντες yap τὸ κλέος τῆς πόλεως, P Oxy I. 33 verso! (late ii/A.D.) κλέος σοί ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης σου πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κλέος (kleos) — credit. κλέος, τό, Doric dialect κλέϝος [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— rumour, report, τί δὴ κ. ἔστ᾽ ἀνὰ ἄστ; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὸν κ. news of thee, [Refs]the report of their coming, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κείνου κατὰ κ. at the news of his coming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rumour, opposed to certainty, κ. οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. goodreport, fame, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. εἶναί τινι to be a glory to him,[Refs 8th c.BC+][same place]; κ. ἀρέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γίνεσθε κατὰ κ. ὧδε μαχηταί in renown, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; λαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. αἰχμᾶς glory in or for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σου μαντικόν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. καταθέσθαι to lay up store of glory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖον κ., εἰ..; [NT] the lays of their achievements, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. rarely in bad sense, δύσφαμον κ. ill repute, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of whom there is least talk either for praise or blame. (Cf. Sanskrit śrávas 'fame', Slavonic slovo 'word', 'glory'; cognate with κλέω (A), κλύω.)