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• ܓ݁ܒ݂ܳܐ
• αἱρέομαι
• αἱρετίζω
• ἐκλέγομαι
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• בָּחורּ בָּחַר, , בָּחַר
• בָּרָא בָּרָא, , בָּרָא
• בָּרָא בָּרָה, , בָּרָה
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CHOOSE,

1. To pick out to select to take by way of preference from two or more things offered to make choice of.

The man the Lord doth choose shall be holy. Numbers 16 .

2. To take in preference.

Let us choose to us judgment. Job 34 .

3. To prefer to choose for imitation to follow.

Envy not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Proverbs 3 .

4. To elect for eternal happiness to predestinate to life.

Many are called but few chosen. Matthew 20 .

For his elects sake, whom he hath chosen. Mark 13 .

5. To elect or designate to office or employment by votes or suffrages. In the United States, the people choose representatives by votes, usually by ballot.

CHOOSE,

1. To prefer as, I choose to go.

2. To have the power of choice. The phrase, he cannot choose but stay, denotes that he has not the power of choice, whether to stay or not.

The verb, in these phrases, is really transitive the following verb standing as the object, instead of a noun.