κλῆσις
klēsis
“an invitation (figuratively)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
an invitation (figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a call, calling, invitation; in NT the call or invitation to the privileges of the Gospel, Rom. 11:29; Eph. 1:18; the favor and privilege of the invitation, 2 Thess. 1:11; 2 Pet. 1:10; the temporal condition in which the call found a person, 1 Cor. 1:26; 7:20
Translated in KJV as
calling
Etymology
from a shorter form of G2564 (καλέω);
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