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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1951 - ἐπιλέγομαι

Transliteration

epilégomai

Phonetics

ep-ee-leg'-om-ahee

Origin

middle voice from (G1909) and (G3004)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to say besides
to surname
to choose for
to choose for one's self

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 977 ‑ בָּחַר (baw‑khar'); 1197 ‑ בָּעַר (baw‑ar'); 6908 ‑ קָבַץ (kaw‑bats');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

John 1

Acts 1

NAS (2)

John 1

Acts 1

HCS (2)

John 1

Acts 1

BSB (2)

John 1

Acts 1

ESV (2)

John 1

Acts 1

WEB (2)

John 1

Acts 1

KJV (2)

called 1

chose 1

NAS (2)

called 1

chose 1

HCS (2)

called 1

chose 1

BSB (2)

chose 1

is called 1

ESV (2)

called 1

chose 1

WEB (2)

chose 1

which is called 1

RAH

V-AAD2S 1

V-AAD3P 1

V-AAI3S 4

V-FAI1S 1

ANT

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

BEZ

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

BGB

V-APM-NMS 1

V-PPM/P-NFS 1

BMT

V-PPP-NSF 1

BYZ

V-PPP-NSF 1

ELZ

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

NA26

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPPNSF 1

SBL

V-AMPNSM 1

V-PPPNSF 1

SCV

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

STV

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

TIS

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

V-AMP-NSM 1

V-PPP-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιλεìγομαι

Middle voice from G1909 and G3004

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπιλέγω: (present passive participle ἐπιλεγόμενος); 1 aorist middle participle ἐπιλεξάμενος;

1. to say besides (cf. ἐπί, D. 4) (Herodotus, et al.); to surname (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 b.): in passive John 5:2 (Tdf. τό λεγομένη), unless the meaning to name (put a name upon) be preferred here; cf. ἐπονομάζω.

2. to choose for (Herodotus and following; the Sept.); middle to choose for oneself: Acts 15:40 (2 Samuel 10:9; Herodotus 3, 157; Thucydides 7, 19; Diodorus 3, 73 (74); 14, 12; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4, and others).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -λέγω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H977;]

1. to say in addition (Hdt.).

2. to call by name, to call: John 5:2.

3. to choose; mid., to choose for oneself: Acts 15:40.†

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

For this verb in its original meaning cf. P Leid W vi. 25 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐπιλέγων τὸ ὄνομα, ";insuper pronuntians nomen."; The sense of ";choose,"; as in Acts 15:40, appears in P Petr II. 40(a).16 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 41) καὶ οἱ [κ ]υνηγοὶ ἐπιλελεγμένοι εἰ [σὶν οἱ ] μέλ [λο ]ντες παραγενέσθ [αι με ]τὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, P Hib I. 78.12 (B.C. 244–3) ἐὰν ἐκ τοῦ Ὀξυρυγ [χ ]ίτου ἐπιλέγωνται, ";if people are being chosen from the Oxyrhynchite nome,"; P Oxy IX. 1210.4 (i/B.C.—i/A.D.) ἐπιλελεγμένων ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων εἰς γηροβοσκίαν ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἔχουσι υἱῶν, ";men chosen by the parents from their sons to support them in old age"; (Ed.). See also OGIS 383.70 (mid. i/B.C.) θεραπείαν τε ἀνέγλειπτον καὶ ἱερεῖς ἐπιλέξας σὺν πρεπούσαις ἐσθῆσι Περσικῶι γένει κατέστησα, and for ἐπίλεκτος, which is fairly frequent in the LXX, cf. ib. 48.14 (iii/B.C.) εἶτα ] καὶ ἐψηφίσαν [το ] ἐξ ἐπιλέκτων ἀνδρῶν τὴν βουλὴν [καὶ τὰ ] δικαστή [ρια αἱρεῖσ ]θαι, and P Par 63.21, .196 (B.C. 165) with reference to ";picked"; troops.

List of Word Forms

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