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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 23 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:16 - So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 - for many are called, and few chosen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:22 - And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:24 - for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:31 - and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:20 - and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:22 - for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:27 - and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:7 - and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:35 - And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, 'Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:33 - Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13 - Salute Rufus, the choice one in the Lord, and his mother and mine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:12 - Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21 - I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10 - because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that is in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1 - Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: 'Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:1 - The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'
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