ἐκλέγομαι in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

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: (Jam 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 4:144, 505

Strong

G1586
Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select: - make choice, choose (out), chosen.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a select30.86
b choose30.92

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

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