eklektos · chosen

What it means

eklektos (ἐκλεκτός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “chosen”.

Elect.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Picked out by God, or something choice.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Romans×2
• Colossians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• 1 Peter×4
• 2 John×2
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 22:14

  For many are called, but few chosen.”

• Matthew 24:22

  And if those days had not been cut short, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen those days will be cut short.

• Matthew 24:24

  For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and will perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

• Matthew 24:31

  And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

• Mark 13:20

  And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he cut short the days.

• Mark 13:22

  For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the chosen.

• Mark 13:27

  And then he will send out the angels and gather together the chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

• Luke 18:7

  And will God not surely bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay long over them?

• Luke 23:35

  And the people stood watching. And the rulers also were sneering, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Messiah of God, the Chosen One!”

• John 1:34

  And I have seen and have testified that this is the Chosen One of God.”

• Romans 8:33

  Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? God is the one who declares righteous.

• Romans 16:13

  Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

• Colossians 3:12

  So put on, as chosen ones of God, holy and beloved, compassionate affection, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,

• 1 Timothy 5:21

  I solemnly charge you before God and the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of partiality.

• 2 Timothy 2:10

  For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, with eternal glory.

• Titus 1:1

  Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that accords with godliness,

• 1 Peter 1:1

  Peter, an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to the chosen pilgrims of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

• 1 Peter 2:4

  Coming to him, a living stone, rejected by people but chosen and precious in the sight of God,

• 1 Peter 2:6

  For it stands in Scripture: Look, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen, precious, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

• 2 John 1:1

  The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all who have come to know the truth,

• 2 John 1:13

  The children of your chosen sister greet you.

• Revelation 17:14

  These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”