So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,
Original word: κλῆσις
Transliteration: klésis
Definition (short): calling
Definition (full): a calling
Definition: a calling
NASB Translation: call (1), calling (9), condition (1).
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From a shorter form of
kaleo ; an invitation (figuratively) -- calling.
see GREEK kaleo
KJV:
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
NASB:
for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
KJV:
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called :
NASB:
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
KJV:
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
NASB:
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.
KJV:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
NASB:
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
KJV:
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
NASB:
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,