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Lexicon :: Strong's G1588 - eklektos

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ἐκλεκτός
Transliteration
eklektos (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-lek-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:181,505

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκλεκτός eklektós, ek-lek-tos'; from G1586; select; by implication, favorite:—chosen, elect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G1588 in the following manner: elect (16x), chosen (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G1588 in the following manner: elect (16x), chosen (7x).

  1. picked out, chosen

    1. chosen by God,

      1. to obtain salvation through Christ

        1. Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God

      2. the Messiah is called "elect", as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable

      3. choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκλεκτός eklektós, ek-lek-tos'; from G1586; select; by implication, favorite:—chosen, elect.
STRONGS G1588:
ἐκλεκτός, ἐκλεκτή, ἐκλεκτόν (ἐκλέγω), picked out, chosen; rare in Greek writ:, as Thucydides 6, 100; Plato, legg. 11, p. 938 b.; 12, 948 a., etc.; the Sept. for בָּחוּר and בָּחִיר; in the N. T.
1. chosen by God, and
a. to obtain salvation through Christ (see ἐκλέγω); hence, Christians are called οἱ ἐκλεκτοί τοῦ Θεοῦ, the chosen or elect of God (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34); 234 (219)), (יְהוָה בְּחִירֵי, said of pious Israelites Isaiah 65:9, 15, 23; Psalm 104:43 (Ps. 105:43), cf. Wis. 4:15): Luke 18:7; Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; Titus 1:1; without the genitive Θεοῦ, Matthew 24:22, 24; Mark 13:20, 22; 1 Peter 1:1; with the addition of τοῦ Χριστοῦ, as the genitive of possessor, Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27 (T Tr omit the genitive); κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί, Revelation 17:14; γένος ἐκλεκτόν, 1 Peter 2:9 (from Isaiah 43:20, cf. Additions to Esther 8:40 [Esther 8:368:12t] (Esth. 6:17, p. 64, Fritzsche edition)); ἐκλεκτοί, those who have become true partakers of the Christian salvation are contrasted with κλητοί, those who have been invited but who have not shown themselves fitted to obtain it (others regard the 'called' and the 'chosen' here as alike partakers of salvation, but the latter as the 'choice ones' (see 2 below), distinguished above the former; cf. James Morison or Meyer at the passage), Matthew 20:16 (here T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Matt 22:14; finally, those are called ἐκλεκτοί who are destined for salvation but have not yet been brought to it, 2 Timothy 2:10 (but cf. Huther or Ellicott at the passage).
b. The Messiah is called preeminently ὁ ἐκλεκτός τοῦ Θεοῦ, as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable: Luke 23:35, cf. Luke 9:35 L marginal reading T Tr WH; cf. Dillmann, Das Buch Henoch (übers. u. erkhärt; allgem. Einl.), p. 23:
c. Angels are called ἐκλεκτοί, as those whom God has chosen out from other created beings to be peculiarly associated with him, and his highest ministers in governing the universe: 1 Timothy 5:21; see ἅγιος, 1 b.; μαρτύρομαι δέ ἐγώ μέν ὑμῶν τά ἅγια καί τούς ἱερούς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ, Josephus, b. j. 2, 16, 4 under the end; (yet others explain by 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; cf. Ellicott on 1 Timothy, the passage cited).
2. universally, choice, select, i. e. the best of its kind or class, excellent, preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians, 2 John 1:1, 13; with ἐν κυρίῳ added, eminent as a Christian (see ἐν, I. 6 b.), Romans 16:13; of things: λίθος, 1 Peter 2:4 (6) (Isaiah 28:16; 2 Esdr. 5:8; Enoch, chapter 8 Greek text, Dillmann edition, p. 82f).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
105:43
Isaiah
2; 28:16; 43:20; 65:9; 65:15; 65:23
Matthew
20:16; 22:14; 24:22; 24:24; 24:31
Mark
13:20; 13:22; 13:27
Luke
9:35; 18:7; 23:35
Romans
8:33; 16:13
Colossians
3:12
1 Timothy
5:21
2 Timothy
2:10
Titus
1:1
1 Peter
1:1; 2:4; 2:9
2 Peter
2:4
2 John
1:1; 1:13
Jude
1:6
Revelation
17:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1588 matches the Greek ἐκλεκτός (eklektos),
which occurs 80 times in 77 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 23:6–Isa 49:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - And there shall be a place which the Lord thy God shall choose for his name to be called there, thither shall ye bring all things that I order you to-day; your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatsoever ye shall vow to the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And the children of Benjamin from their cities were numbered in that day, twenty-three thousand, every man drawing a sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men of all the people, [fn]able to use both hands alike;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - And there came over against Gabaa ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel; and the fight was severe; and they knew not that evil [fn]was coming upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - (LXX 24:3) And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddæem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him went three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - And king David took from Metebac, and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:27 - and with the [fn]excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - (LXX 5:3) and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By [fn]thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the [fn]height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the sons of Aser, all heads of families, choice, mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle array—their number was twenty-six thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All the chosen porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve, these were in their courts, this was their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13 - ye seed of Israel his servants, ye seed of Jacob his chosen ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - And David took out of Matabeth, and out of the chief cities of Adraazar very much brass: of this Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the brazen vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Be it known to the king, that we went into the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that work is prospering, and goes on favourably in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - And there came to me for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - And if a cloud obscures what is precious to him, his light will disperse the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 - (LXX 17:27) And with the excellent man thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - (LXX 77:31) then the indignation of God rose up against them, and slew the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3 - (LXX 88:4) I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - (LXX 88:20) Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:6 - (LXX 104:6) ye seed of Abraam, his servants, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - (LXX 104:43) And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - (LXX 105:5) that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - (LXX 105:23) So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - (LXX 140:4) Incline not my heart to evil things, to [fn]employ pretexts [fn]for sins, with men who work iniquity: and [fn]let me not unite with their choice ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7 - And it shall be that thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8 - And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, [fn] Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - For the young men shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice men shall be powerless:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - Jacob is [fn]my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

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