Credit (2811)(kleos from kleo = to tell) means a good report, fame or renown. This verse is the only NT usage.
Vine writes that kleos
is derived from a root signifying “hearing”; hence, the meaning “reputation.”
Josephus uses kleos in his discussion of the prophet Balaam writing that God "had raised him to great reputation on account of the truth of his predictions"
The writing First Clement has the phrase "win fame for oneself".
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