αἱρέω, [in LXX for אמר hi., בּחר, etc. ;] to take; Mid., -ομαι (M, Pr., 158 f.; MM, VGT, see word), to choose: Php.1:22, 2Th.2:13, Heb.11:25. (Cf. ἀν-, ἀφ-, δι-, ἐξ-, καθ-, περι-, προ-αιρέω.) † (AS)
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ahireō · to choose · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Philippians 1:22 · αἱρήσομαιAnd if to live in the flesh is to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;2 Thessalonians 2:13 · εἵλατοAnd we—we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,Hebrews 11:25 · ἑλόμενοςhaving chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin’s pleasure for a season,