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GreekG1588Adjective

ἐκλεκτός

eklektos

24Occurrences
G1588Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

select; by implication, favorite

from G1586 (ἐκλέγομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.choice, select, hence, eminent
2.As in Inscr., chosen; esp. as in LXX, of Israel, elect, chosen of God (
(a)of Christ
(b)of holy angels
(with)of Christians
LXX: for בָּחַר (so prob. in, for MT בָּחַן), בָּרִיא, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἐκλεκτός appears 24 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
5
1 Peter
4
Luke
3
Mark
3
2 John
2
Romans
2
1 Timothy
1
2 Timothy
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 1:1BSB

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

1 Timothy 5:21BSB

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

Colossians 3:12BSB

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Matthew 20:16BSB

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Matthew 24:31BSB

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.