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Lexicon :: Strong's G140 - hairetizō

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αἱρετίζω
Transliteration
hairetizō (Key)
Pronunciation
hahee-ret-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of αἱρέω (G138)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:184,27

Strong’s Definitions

αἱρετίζω hairetízō, hahee-ret-id'-zo; from a derivative of G138; to make a choice:—choose.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G140 in the following manner: choose (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G140 in the following manner: choose (1x).

  1. to choose

  2. to belong to a sect

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἱρετίζω hairetízō, hahee-ret-id'-zo; from a derivative of G138; to make a choice:—choose.
STRONGS G140:
αἱρετίζω: 1 aorist ᾑρέτισα [Treg. ᾑρ. see Ι, ι]; (from αἱρετός, see αἱρέω); to choose: Matthew 12:18. (Often in the Sept. in O. T. Apocrypha and in ecclesiastical writings; the middle is found in Ctesias Pers. § 9 [cf. Herodotus edition Schweig. 6:2, p. 354]. Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 144.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G140 matches the Greek αἱρετίζω (hairetizō),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:35 - Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:6 - He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:10 - Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Then King David said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173 - May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:13 - For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14 - “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, “I am the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:18 - Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - “ ‘On that day,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12 - The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “On the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
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