eklegomai · choose

What it means

eklegomai (ἐκλέγομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “choose”.

Select.

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. To take for oneself someone or something out of many, by one's own decision.

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

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• chose ×11
• chosen ×6
• choose ×4
• they were choosing ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×4
• John×5
• Acts×7
• 1 Corinthians×3
• Ephesians×1
• James×1

• 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.

• Luke 6:13

  And when day came, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:

• Luke 9:35

  And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the Chosen One; listen to him.”

• Luke 10:42

  but few things are needed, or only one; for Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

• Luke 14:7

  And he was telling a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor, saying to them,

• John 6:70

  Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil.”

• John 13:18

  I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’

• John 15:16

  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you.

• John 15:19

  If you were of the world, the world would hold dear its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

• Acts 1:2

  until the day on which he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen;

• Acts 1:24

  And praying, they said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen

• Acts 6:5

  And the matter pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

• Acts 13:17

  The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their stay as foreigners in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.

• Acts 15:7

  And when there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that from early days God chose among you that through my mouth the nations should hear the word of the good news and believe.

• Acts 15:22

  Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.

• Acts 15:25

  it seemed good to us, having come to one mind, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

• 1 Corinthians 1:27

  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong things;

• 1 Corinthians 1:28

  and God chose the lowborn things of the world and the despised things, the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

• Ephesians 1:4

  just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world for us to be holy and without blemish before him in love,

• James 2:5

  Listen, my beloved brothers: has not God chosen the poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

And 2 more times.