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Lexicon :: Strong's G1588 - eklektos

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ἐκλεκτός
Transliteration
eklektos (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-lek-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:181,505

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκλεκτός eklektós, ek-lek-tos'; from G1586; select; by implication, favorite:—chosen, elect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G1588 in the following manner: elect (16x), chosen (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G1588 in the following manner: elect (16x), chosen (7x).

  1. picked out, chosen

    1. chosen by God,

      1. to obtain salvation through Christ

        1. Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God

      2. the Messiah is called "elect", as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable

      3. choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκλεκτός eklektós, ek-lek-tos'; from G1586; select; by implication, favorite:—chosen, elect.
STRONGS G1588:
ἐκλεκτός, ἐκλεκτή, ἐκλεκτόν (ἐκλέγω), picked out, chosen; rare in Greek writ:, as Thucydides 6, 100; Plato, legg. 11, p. 938 b.; 12, 948 a., etc.; the Sept. for בָּחוּר and בָּחִיר; in the N. T.
1. chosen by God, and
a. to obtain salvation through Christ (see ἐκλέγω); hence, Christians are called οἱ ἐκλεκτοί τοῦ Θεοῦ, the chosen or elect of God (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34); 234 (219)), (יְהוָה בְּחִירֵי, said of pious Israelites Isaiah 65:9, 15, 23; Psalm 104:43 (Ps. 105:43), cf. Wis. 4:15): Luke 18:7; Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; Titus 1:1; without the genitive Θεοῦ, Matthew 24:22, 24; Mark 13:20, 22; 1 Peter 1:1; with the addition of τοῦ Χριστοῦ, as the genitive of possessor, Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27 (T Tr omit the genitive); κλητοί καί ἐκλεκτοί καί πιστοί, Revelation 17:14; γένος ἐκλεκτόν, 1 Peter 2:9 (from Isaiah 43:20, cf. Additions to Esther 8:40 [Esther 8:368:12t] (Esth. 6:17, p. 64, Fritzsche edition)); ἐκλεκτοί, those who have become true partakers of the Christian salvation are contrasted with κλητοί, those who have been invited but who have not shown themselves fitted to obtain it (others regard the 'called' and the 'chosen' here as alike partakers of salvation, but the latter as the 'choice ones' (see 2 below), distinguished above the former; cf. James Morison or Meyer at the passage), Matthew 20:16 (here T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Matt 22:14; finally, those are called ἐκλεκτοί who are destined for salvation but have not yet been brought to it, 2 Timothy 2:10 (but cf. Huther or Ellicott at the passage).
b. The Messiah is called preeminently ὁ ἐκλεκτός τοῦ Θεοῦ, as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable: Luke 23:35, cf. Luke 9:35 L marginal reading T Tr WH; cf. Dillmann, Das Buch Henoch (übers. u. erkhärt; allgem. Einl.), p. 23:
c. Angels are called ἐκλεκτοί, as those whom God has chosen out from other created beings to be peculiarly associated with him, and his highest ministers in governing the universe: 1 Timothy 5:21; see ἅγιος, 1 b.; μαρτύρομαι δέ ἐγώ μέν ὑμῶν τά ἅγια καί τούς ἱερούς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ, Josephus, b. j. 2, 16, 4 under the end; (yet others explain by 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; cf. Ellicott on 1 Timothy, the passage cited).
2. universally, choice, select, i. e. the best of its kind or class, excellent, preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians, 2 John 1:1, 13; with ἐν κυρίῳ added, eminent as a Christian (see ἐν, I. 6 b.), Romans 16:13; of things: λίθος, 1 Peter 2:4 (6) (Isaiah 28:16; 2 Esdr. 5:8; Enoch, chapter 8 Greek text, Dillmann edition, p. 82f).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
105:43
Isaiah
2; 28:16; 43:20; 65:9; 65:15; 65:23
Matthew
20:16; 22:14; 24:22; 24:24; 24:31
Mark
13:20; 13:22; 13:27
Luke
9:35; 18:7; 23:35
Romans
8:33; 16:13
Colossians
3:12
1 Timothy
5:21
2 Timothy
2:10
Titus
1:1
1 Peter
1:1; 2:4; 2:9
2 Peter
2:4
2 John
1:1; 1:13
Jude
1:6
Revelation
17:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1588 matches the Greek ἐκλεκτός (eklektos),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 - For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:22 - And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:24 - For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:31 - And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:20 - And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:22 - Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:27 - And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:7 - And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:35 - And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:33 - Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13 - Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:12 - As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21 - I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10 - But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1 - Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:9 - But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:1 - I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
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