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#1586 ἐκλέγομαι eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee}
middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense);
TDNT - 4:144,505; v
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self
1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples
1b) choosing one for an office
1c) 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
1c1) i.e. the Israelites
1d) 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 2:5) so that the
ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select:—make choice, choose (out), chosen.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #1586.
- ε᾿κλε´γω
- eklegō; from 1537 and 3004 (in the sense of pick up); to select:—
- NASB - choose(4), chose(7), chosen(8), made a choice(1), picking(1), select(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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