Greek verb · G1951
ἐπιλέγομαι
epilegomaiep-ee-leg'-om-ahee
to say in addition (Hdt.).; to call by name, to call; to choose
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epilégomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1951is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1951
to surname, select
The King James renders it: call, choose.
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
epilegomai is rendered "to say in addition (Hdt.).; to call by name, to call; to choose". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to say in addition (Hdt.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
John 5:2ἐπιλεγομένη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to say in addition (Hdt.)., and to call by name, to call, and to choose.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to say in addition (Hdt.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJohn 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades… |
| to call by name, to callJhn.5:2. | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 5:2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades… |
| to choosemid., to choose for oneself | Tagged as
| WhereActs 15:40but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιλαμβάνομαι | epilambanomai | to catch | Uses19 |
| ἐπιλανθάνομαι | epilanthanomai | to forget | Uses8 |
| ἐπιλύω | epilyo | to explain | Uses2 |
| ἐπιλείπω | epileipo | be insufficient | Uses1 |
| ἐπίλυσις | epilysis | explanation | Uses1 |
| ἐπίλοιπος | epiloipos | remaining | Uses1 |
| ἐπιλησμονή | epilesmone | forgetfulness | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ἐπιλεγομένη1
- ἐπιλεξάμενος1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AMP-NSM
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-PPP-NSF
John
one use
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- ἐπιλεγομένηepilegomeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: is being called
Acts
one use
but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
- ἐπιλεξάμενοςepilexamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having chosen
Where it leads
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.