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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 - “Hear us, my lord, you are a [fn]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and [fn]fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - The ugly and [fn]gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and behold, seven cows, [fn]fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - and the lean and [fn]ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - then it shall come about that the place in which the LORD your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [fn]contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - From the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were [fn]numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were [fn]numbered, 700 choice men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle became [fn]fierce; but [fn]Benjamin did not know that [fn]disaster was [fn]close to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - From [fn]Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will [fn]hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” And the king said, “I will give them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:27 - With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the perverted You show Yourself [fn]astute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - ten fat oxen, twenty [fn]pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he [fn]answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - ‘Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I [fn]cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.
And I [fn]entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office of trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:13 - O seed of Israel His servant,
Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:8 - Also from [fn]Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - “Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with huge stones, and [fn]beams are being laid in the walls; and this work is going on with great care and is succeeding in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the governor’s food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - “Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;
He disperses the cloud of His [fn]lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:26 - With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself [fn]astute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The anger of God rose against them
And killed [fn]some of their stoutest ones,
And [fn]subdued the choice men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3 - “I have made a covenant with My chosen;
I have sworn to David My servant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - [fn]Once You spoke in vision to Your godly [fn]ones,
And said, “I have [fn]given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:6 - O seed of Abraham, His servant,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:43 - And He brought forth His people with joy,
His chosen ones with a joyful shout.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with Your [fn]inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds [fn]of wickedness
With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the [fn]slack hand will be put to forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the LORD tests hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - “His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon
Choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - But my dove, my perfect one, is [fn]unique:
She is her mother’s [fn]only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The [fn]maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - ‘Who is this that [fn]grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as [fn]an army with banners?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7 - Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:8 - And He removed the [fn]defense of Judah.
In that day you [fn]depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, [fn]firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be [fn]disturbed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - “Behold, My Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the [fn]nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - “The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - “For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - He has made My mouth like a sharp sword,
In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a [fn]select arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.

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