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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1586 - ἐκλέγομαι

Transliteration

eklégomai

Phonetics

ek-leg'-om-ahee

Origin

middle voice from (G1537) and (G3004) (in its primary sense)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

4:144,505

Definition

Thayer's

to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self
1. choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples
2. choosing one for an office
3. of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight
  1. i.e. the Israelites
4. of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (James 2:
so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 977 ‑ בָּחַר (baw‑khar'); 1262 ‑ בָּרָה (baw‑raw'); 1305 ‑ בָּרַר (baw‑rar'); 3947 ‑ לָקַח (law‑kakh'); 6901 ‑ קָבַל (kaw‑bal'); 6908 ‑ קָבַץ (kaw‑bats'); 8446 ‑ תּוּר (toor);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (25)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

NAS (23)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

HCS (22)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

BSB (22)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

ESV (20)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

WEB (23)

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

James

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκλεìγομαι

Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

εκλεγέντες εκλέγεσθαι εκλέγεται εκλεγώσι εκλελεγμένοι εκλελεγμενος ἐκλελεγμένος εκλέλεκται έκλεξαι εκλεξαμενοις ἐκλεξαμένοις εκλεξαμενος εκλεξάμενος ἐκλεξάμενος εκλεξαμενους εκλεξαμένους ἐκλεξαμένους εκλέξασθαι εκλέξασθε εκλεξάσθωσαν εκλέξεται εκλέξη εκλέξηται εκλέξομαι εκλέξω εκλέξωμαι εκλέξωνται εξελεγοντο εξελέγοντο ἐξελέγοντο εξελεξαμην εξελεξάμην ἐξελεξάμην εξελεξαντο εξελέξαντο ἐξελέξαντο εξελεξασθε εξελέξασθε ἐξελέξασθε εξελεξατο εξελέξατο εξελέξατό εξέλεξατο ἐξελέξατο εξελεξω εξελέξω ἐξελέξω eklelegmenos eklelegménos eklexamenois eklexaménois eklexamenos eklexámenos eklexamenous eklexaménous exelegonto exelégonto exelexamen exelexamēn exelexámen exelexámēn exelexanto exeléxanto exelexasthe exeléxasthe exelexato exeléxato exelexo exelexō exeléxo exeléxō

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