Choice, Choose, Chosen

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Choice, Choose, Chosen

1. eklego
2. epilego
3. haireo
4. hairetizo
5. cheirotoneo
6. procheirotoneo

1. eklektos

1. ekloge

eklego "to pick out, select," means, in the Middle Voice, "to choose for oneself," not necessarily implying the rejection of what is not chosen, but "choosing" with the subsidiary ideas of kindness of favor or love, Mark_13:20; Luke_6:13; Luke_9:35 (RV); Luke_10:42; Luke_14:7; John_6:70; John_13:18; John_15:16,19; Acts_1:2,24; Acts_6:5; Acts_13:17; Acts_15:22,25; in Acts_15:7 it is rendered "made choice;" 1_Cor_1:27,28; Eph_1:4; James_2:5.

epilego in the Middle Voice, signifies "to choose," either in addition or in succession to another. It has this meaning in Acts_15:40, of Paul's choice of Silas. For its other meaning, "to call or name," John_5:2, see CALL.

See also : epilego in other topics

haireo "to take," is used in the Middle Voice only, in the sense of taking for oneself, choosing, 2_Thess_2:13, of a "choice" made by God (as in Deut_7:6,7; Deut_26:18, Sept.); in Php_1:22; Heb_11:25, of human "choice." Its special significance is to select rather by the act of taking, than by showing preference or favor.

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hairetizo akin to the verbal adjective hairetos, "that which may be taken" (see haireo), signifies "to take," with the implication that what is taken is eligible or suitable; hence, "to choose," by reason of this suitability, Matt_12:18, of God's delight in Christ as His "choosen." It is frequent in the Sept., e.g., Gen_30:20; Num_14:8; Psalm_25:12; Psalm_119:30,173; Psalm_132:13,14; _: Hag_2:23 ("he hath chosen the Canaanites"); Zech_1:17; Zech_2:12; Mal_3:17.

cheirotoneo see cheirotoneo_under_APPOINT.

See also : cheirotoneo in other topics

procheirotoneo signifies "to choose before," Acts_10:41, where it is used of a choice made before by God.

Notes:
(1) For procheirizo see procheirizo_under_APPOINT.

(2) Stratologeo, in 2_Tim_2:4 (AV, "chosen to be a soldier"), signifies to enroll as a soldier (RV). See SOLDIER.

eklektos akin to eklego, signifies "chosen out, select," e.g., Matt_22:14; Luke_23:35; Rom_16:13 (perhaps in the sense of "eminent"); Rev_17:14. In 1_Pet_2:4,9, the RV translates it "elect." See ELECT.

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ekloge akin to eklego and eklektos, "a picking out, choosing" (Eng., "eclogue"), is translated "chosen" in Acts_9:15, lit., "he is a vessel of choice unto Me." In the six other places where this word is found it is translated "election." See ELECTION.

See also : ekloge in other topics