G1588 – eklektos – ἐκλεκτός – to be chosen
- Strong’s ID:
- G1588
- Greek Word:
- ἐκλεκτός
- Transliteration:
- eklektos
- Pronunciation:
- ek-lek-tos’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from G1586
- Usage Count:
- 23
- Search:
- Find “eklektos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be chosen
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G1586; select; by implication, favorite:—chosen, elect.
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) picked out, chosen
1a) chosen by God
1a1) to obtain salvation through Christ
1a1a) Christians are called “chosen or elect” of God
1a2) the Messiah in called “elect”, as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable
1a3) choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians
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.