G138 – haireo – αἱρέω – to take for oneself; fig. to prefer, choose
- Strong’s ID:
- G138
- Greek Word:
- αἱρέω
- Transliteration:
- haireo
- Pronunciation:
- hahee-reh’-oh
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- probably akin to G142
- Comparables:
- G2309, to want, desire
G2307, a will, determination - Usage Count:
- 3
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- Find “haireo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to take for oneself
2) figuratively: to prefer, choose
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably akin to G142; to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer:—choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate ελλομαι hellomai hel’-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to take for oneself, to prefer, choose
2) to choose by vote, elect to office
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.