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Strong's #1586 - ἐκλέγομαι
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ἐκλεìγομαι
Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense)
ἐκ -λέγω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H977;]
to pick out, choose. In NT always mid. (exc. Luke 9:35, ἐκλελεγμένος , WH, ἀγαπητός , R, mg.), to pick out for oneself, choose (cf. M, Pr., 157 f.): c. acc rei, Luke 10:42; Luke 14:7; c. acc pers., Acts 6:5; Acts 15:22; Acts 15:25; of Christ (v. supr.), Luke 9:35; of Christ's choice of disciples, Luke 6:13, John 6:70; John 13:18; John 15:16; John 15:19 Acts 1:2; of the Divine choice: of persons, Mark 13:20, Acts 1:24; Acts 13:17; Acts 15:7, Ephesians 1:4, James 2:5; of things, 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 (Cremer, 402, 773).†
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The middle of this verb, which is used in all its NT occurrences, may be illustrated by PSI IV. 422.14 (iii/B.C.) ταῦτα τὰ ἀσθενέστερα ἐγλεξάμενος, P Meyer 8.12 (A.D. 151) μέχρι του ̣̑ . . . τῶν σωμάτων τ ̣ὰς ἀποφορὰς ἐγλεγομένου, P Oxy II. 237iv. 8 (A.D. 186) δούλο ]υ ̣ς καὶ ἀπελευ ̣[θέρου ]ς ̣ χορηγίας ἐκλεγομένων, and P Flor II. 228.22 (iii/A.D.) κάλλ [ισ ]τόν ἐστιν ἐγλέξασθαι αὐτά : also Syll 653.45 (B.C. 91) τὰ δὲ πίπτοντα διάφορα ἐκ τῶν μυστηρίων ἐγλεγόντω οἱ κατασταθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ δάμου πέντε. On the use of the middle in Luke 14:7 ἐξελέγοντο, ";they picked out for themselves,"; and so ";chose,"; see Proleg. p. 157.
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