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Lexicon :: Strong's G1586 - eklegomai

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ἐκλέγομαι
Transliteration
eklegomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-leg'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from ἐκ (G1537) and λέγω (G3004) (in its primary sense)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:144,505

Strong’s Definitions

†ἐκλέγομαι eklégomai, ek-leg'-om-ahee; middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select:—make choice, choose (out), chosen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G1586 in the following manner: choose (19x), choose out (1x), make choice (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G1586 in the following manner: choose (19x), choose out (1x), make choice (1x).

  1. 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 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐκλέγομαι eklégomai, ek-leg'-om-ahee; middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select:—make choice, choose (out), chosen.
STRONGS G1586:
ἐκλέγω: perfect passive participle ἐκλελεγμένος, once in Luke 9:35 L marginal reading T Tr WH; middle, imperfect ἐξελεγομην (Luke 14:7); 1 aorist ἐξελεξάμην; in Greek writings from Herodotus down; the Sept. for בָּחַר; to pick out, choose; in the N. T. (except Luke 9:35, where the reading is doubtful) always middle, ἐκλέγομαι, to pick or choose out for oneself: τί, Luke 10:42; Luke 14:7; τινα, one from among many (of Jesus choosing his disciples), John 6:70; John 13:18; John 15:16; Acts 1:2; ἀπό τινων, from a number of persons (Sir. 45:16), Luke 6:13: ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, John 15:19; used of choosing one for an office, Acts 6:5; followed by ἐκ τινων, Acts 1:24; to discharge some business, Acts 15:22, 25; ἐν ἡμῖν (others ὑμῖν) ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός, followed by the accusative and infinitive denoting the end, God made choice among us i. e. in our ranks, Acts 15:7, where formerly many, misled by the Hebrew בְּ בָּחַר (1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Kings 8:16, etc., and the Sept. of these passages), wrongly regarded ἐν ἡμῖν as the object on which the mind of the chooser was as it were fixed; (Winers Grammar, § 32, 3 a.; Buttmann, 159 (138)). Especially is God said ἐκλέξασθαι those whom he has judged fit to receive his favors and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight: thus of the Israelites, Acts 13:17 (Deuteronomy 14:2 (cf. Deuteronomy 4:37); 2 Macc. 5:19); of Christians, as those whom he has set apart from among the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: Mark 13:20; 1 Corinthians 1:27f; with two accusatives, one of the object, the other of the predicate (Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 b.), James 2:5; τινα ἐν Χριστῷ, so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits, followed by the accusative with an infinitive denoting the end, Ephesians 1:4. In Luke 9:35 L marginal reading T Tr WH Jesus is called ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐκλελεγμένος (R G L text ἀγαπητός), as being dear to God beyond all others and exalted by him to the preeminent dignity of Messiah; but see ἐκλεκτός, 1 b.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
4:37; 14:2
1 Samuel
16:9
1 Kings
8:16
Mark
13:20
Luke
6:13; 9:35; 9:35; 9:35; 10:42; 14:7; 14:7
John
6:70; 13:18; 15:16; 15:19
Acts
1:2; 1:24; 6:5; 13:17; 15:7; 15:22; 15:25
1 Corinthians
1:27
Ephesians
1:4
James
2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1586 matches the Greek ἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai),
which occurs 126 times in 120 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:2–2Sa 19:38)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2 - the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - Then he said to Korah and to all his company, "In the morning the LORD will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - put fire in them, and set incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:7 - It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you - for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples - as is apparent today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you - your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - for you may do so only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribal areas - there you may do everything I am commanding you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - Only in the presence of the LORD your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the LORD your God in all the output of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the LORD will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:25 - you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:20 - You and your household must eat them annually before the LORD your God in the place he chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:6 - but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:7 - You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - You shall rejoice before him - you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you - in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If a matter is too difficult for you to judge - bloodshed, legal claim, or assault - matters of controversy in your villages - you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - you must select without fail a king whom the LORD your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king - you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the LORD chooses

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - you must take the first of all the ground's produce you harvest from the land the LORD your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the LORD at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - Joshua said to the people, "Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the LORD?" They replied, "We are witnesses!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor's house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won't answer you in that day."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24 - Then Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the one whom the LORD has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!" All the people shouted out, "Long live the king!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - Now look! Here is the king you have chosen - the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one, either."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Then Jesse presented Shammah. But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen any of these."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and called to Israel's troops, "Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David replied to Michal, "It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD's people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - Hushai replied to Absalom, "No, I will be loyal to the one whom the LORD, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:38 - The king replied, "Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever I deem appropriate. And whatever you choose, I will do for you."

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