ἐκλογή eklogē · G1589
selecting
ἐκλογή, ῆς ἡ; (ἐκλέγω), [in Aq.: Isa.22:7; Sm., Th.: Isa.37:24 * ; ] ; a choice, selection; in NT, always of the Divine choice (EV, election): σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, genitive qual., a chosen vessel; κατ ἐ., Rom.9:11 11:5, 28; with genitive of person(s), 1Th.1:4, 2Pe.1:10; by meton., ἡ ἐ. = οἱ ἐκλεκτοί, Rom.11:7.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐκλογ-ή, ἡ, ; choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων []; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] []; 2 levying of troops, []; 3 collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Legal Attica cited in []; σίτου Cratesap.[]; 4 Theol., election[], etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς []; 5 balancing of accounts, []; II extract, quotation from a book, []; II.2 choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or 'Elegant Extracts' of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of []; II.3 διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, …
Where it's used 7 times
Acts 9:15 · Romans 9:11 · Romans 11:5 · Romans 11:7 · Romans 11:28 · 1 Thessalonians 1:4 · 2 Peter 1:10
Source: TBESG G1589; TFLSJ G1589
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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