The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  1586 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   ἐκλέγομαι   middle voice from (1537) and (3004) (in its primary sense) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   eklegomai   ek-leg'-om-ahee MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Verb   4:144,505  Definition   to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples choosing one for an office of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight i.e. the Israelites of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (James 2: so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only  Translated Words   KJV (21) - choose, 19; choose out, 1; make choice, 1; NAS (22) - choose, 4; chose, 7; chosen, 8; made a choice, 1; picking, 1; select, 1;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Mark 1 Luke 3 John 4 Acts 7 1 Corinthians 2 Ephesians 1 James 1   Mark 1 Luke 4 John 4 Acts 7 1 Corinthians 2 Ephesians 1 James 1 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next eklanthanomai ekleipo   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Eklegomai". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1586>.