Greek verb · G1586
ἐκλέγομαι
eklegomaiek-leg'-om-ahee
to select
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eklégomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1586
to select
The King James renders it: make choice, choose (out), chosen.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eklegomai is rendered "to select". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 13:20If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
Mark 13:20ἐξελέξατο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-two uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- chose7
- has chosen3
- having chosen2
- He chose2
- chosen1
- did choose1
- having chosen out1
- He had chosen1
- I chose1
- they chose1
- they were choosing out1
- You have chosen1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐξελέξατο10
- ἐξελεξάμην4
- ἐκλελεγμένος1
- ἐκλεξαμένοις1
- ἐκλεξάμενος1
- ἐκλεξαμένους1
- ἐξελέγοντο1
- ἐξελέξαντο1
- ἐξελέξασθε1
- ἐξελέξω1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular10V-AMI-3S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singular4V-AMI-1S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AMI-2P
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AMI-2S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AMI-3P
- verb · aorist middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-AMP-APM
- verb · aorist middle, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-AMP-DPM
- verb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AMP-NSM
- verb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IMI-3P
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-RPP-NSM
Mark
one use
If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He chose
Luke
four uses
When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
- ἐκλεξάμενοςeklexamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having chosen out
And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
- ἐκλελεγμένοςeklelegmenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: chosen
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has chosen
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
- ἐξελέγοντοexelegontoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were choosing out
John
five uses
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- ἐξελεξάμηνexelexamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: did choose
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- ἐξελεξάμηνexelexamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I chose
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- ἐξελέξασθεexelexastheverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: chose
- ἐξελεξάμηνexelexamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: chose
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- ἐξελεξάμηνexelexamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: chose
Acts
seven uses
until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He had chosen
And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
- ἐξελέξωexelexoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You have chosen
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
- ἐξελέξαντοexelexantoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they chose
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: chose
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: chose
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
- ἐκλεξαμένουςeklexamenousverb · aorist middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having chosen
So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
- ἐκλεξαμένοιςeklexamenoisverb · aorist middle, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having chosen
1 Corinthians
three uses
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has chosen
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: chose
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: chose
Ephesians
one use
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He chose
James
one use
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- ἐξελέξατοexelexatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has chosen
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.