κλητός, -ή, -όν
(< καλέω), [in LXX for קרא, מִקְרָא, Ex 12:16, al.;]
called, invited (as to a banquet, Æsch., I Ki 1:41, III Mac 5:14); in NT, always of the Divine call;
(a) to some office: κ. ἀπόστολος, Ro 1:1, I Co 1:1;
(b) to salvation: Ro 8:28, I Co 1:24, Ju 1; κ. καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ κ. πιστοί, Re 17:14; in gosp. (not in pl., v.s. καλέω) disting. fr.ἐκλεκτός, Mt 20:16 (WH, txt., R, omit), 22:14; κ. Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Ro 1:6; κ. ἅγιοι, saints by calling, Ro 1:7, I Co 1:2.†