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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 21 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:20 - And except the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:13 - And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named Apostles;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:42 - But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:70

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:70 - Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18 - I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:19 - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:24 - And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two thou hast chosen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:5 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:7 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose and said to them, Men, brethren, ye know that a good while ago, God made choice among us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:22 - Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:25 - It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:28 - And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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