κληρόω, κλήρῳ: 1 aorist passive ἐκληρωθην; (κλῆρος); in classical Greek: 1. to cast lots, determine by lot. 2. to choose by lot: τινα (Herodotus 1, 94; others). 3. to allot, assign by lot: τινα τίνι, one to another as a possession, Pindar Ol. 8, 19. 4. once in the N. T., "to make a κλῆρος i. e., a heritage, private possession": τινα, passive ἐν ᾧ ἐκληρώθημεν (but Lachmann ἐκλλεθημεν) in whom lies the reason why we were made the κλῆρος τοῦ Θεοῦ (a designation transferred from the Jews in the O. T. to Christians, cf. Additions to Est_3:10 [Esther 4:234:17f] (4 line 12f (Tdf.)) and Fritzsche, in the place cited; (cf. Deu_4:20; Deu_9:29)), the heritage of God Eph_1:11 (see Ellicott, in the place cited). (In ecclesiastical writings it signifies to become a clergyman (see references under the word κλῆρος, at the end).) (Compare: προσκληρόω.)

κληρόω klēroō 1x to obtain by lot or assignment; to obtain a portion, receive a share, Eph_1:11

κληρόω , -ῶ , [in LXX : 1Sa_14:41 ( H3920 ni .), Ezr_4:11 A ( H7121 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, v. ICC ; AR ; Ellic ., in l ).†

κληρόω [page 347] κληρόω is common in the pass. = am assigned or chosen, e.g. P Iand 27 .4 (A.D. 100 1) ἐκληρ [ώ ]θημεν εἰς [γε ]ω̣ργίαν , BGU II. 625 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) γείνωσκε , ἄδελφε , ἐκληρώθην εἰς τὰ βουκόλια : cf. Eph_1:11 ἐν ᾧ . καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν , in whom also we were made a heritage (RV). The AV rendering in whom also we have obtained an inheritance seems at first sight to gain support from such passages as P Tebt II. 391 .10 (agreement concerning tax-collecting A.D. 99) τὸν μὲν Ἀθηνόδ (ωρον ) καὶ Ἡρακλῆν κεκληρῶσθαι τοὺς ἐν τῇ κώμῃ καταγινομένους καὶ ἐπικαθημένους ἄνδρες , that Athenodorus and Heracles have been allotted the inhabitants of and settlers in the village (Edd.) and BGU II. 405 .8 (A.D. 348) ἐπιδὴ λίθον σιτοκόπτην καὶ σιταλετικὴν μηχανήν , πατρῷα ἡμῶν ὄντα , ἐκληρώθημεν κτλ ., but, as Armitage Robinson ( ad Eph l.c. ) points out, this meaning am assigned a thing seems to be justified only when the ace. of the object assigned is expressed.

κληρόω [Etym: κλῆρος] "to appoint" to an office "by lot", opp. to αἱρεῖσθαι or χειροτονεῖν, Hdt. , attic:—of the lot, "to fall on", Lat. designare, Eur. :— Pass. "to be appointed by lot", Dem. , etc. "to cast lots, draw lots", Plat. ;—so in Mid., Aesch. , Dem. in Mid. also, κληροῦσθαί τι "to have allotted one, obtain by lot", Eur. , Aeschin. ; also c. gen., Dem. "to allot, assign", Pind. , Thuc. κλ. ὀμφάν "to deliver" an oracle, Eur.

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)