ἐκ-λέγω [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַר ;] to pick out, choose. In NT always mid. (exc. Luk.9:35, ἐκλελεγμένος, WH, ἀγαπητός, R, mg.), to pick out for oneself, choose (cf. M, Pr., 157 f.): with accusative of thing(s), Luk.10:42 14:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.6:5 15:22, 25; of Christ (see supr.), Luk.9:35; of Christ's choice of disciples, Luk.6:13, Jhn.6:70 13:18 15:16, 19 Act.1:2; of the Divine choice: of persons, Mrk.13:20, Act.1:24 13:17 15:7, Eph.1:4, Jas.2:5; of things, 1Co.1:27-28 (Cremer, 402, 773).† (AS)
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G1586 — ἐκλέγω
eklegō · to select · Greek
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Mark 13:20 · ἐξελέξατοand 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.Luke 6:13 · ἐκλεξάμενοςand when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,Luke 9:35 · ἐκλελεγμένος,and a voice came out of the cloud saying, ‘This is My Son—the Beloved; hear ye him;’Luke 10:42 · ἐξελέξατοbut of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.’Luke 14:7 · ἐξελέγοντο,And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,John 6:70 · ἐξελεξάμην,Jesus answered them, ‘Did not I choose you—the twelve? and of you—one is a devil.John 13:18 · ἐξελεξάμην·not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.John 15:16 · ἐξελέξασθε, · ἐξελεξάμην‘Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.John 15:19 · ἐξελεξάμηνif of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not—but I chose out of the world—because of this the world hateth you.Acts 1:2 · ἐξελέξατοtill the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,Acts 1:24 · ἐξελέξωand having prayed, they said, ‘Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these twoActs 6:5 · ἐξελέξαντοAnd the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,Acts 13:17 · ἐξελέξατοthe God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;Acts 15:7 · ἐξελέξατοand there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, ‘Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;Acts 15:22 · ἐκλεξαμένουςThen it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, chosen men out of themselves to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren—Acts 15:25 · ἐκλεξαμένοιςit seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul—1 Corinthians 1:27 · ἐξελέξατο · ἐξελέξατοbut the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;1 Corinthians 1:28 · ἐξελέξατοand the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless—Ephesians 1:4 · ἐξελέξατοaccording as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,James 2:5 · ἐξελέξατοHearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?