ἐκλέγω eklegō

Greek word for “to select” · Strong’s G1586 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

ἐκ-λέγω; to pick out, choose.

How it is translated

Glosses given for eklegō in context, with how often each is used:

• chose 11
• has chosen 3
• having chosen 2
• having chosen out 1
• chosen 1
• choosing out 1
• did choose 1
• had chosen 1
• have chosen 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 15 (3), John 15 (2), Acts 1 (2), 1 Corinthians 1 (2), Mark 13 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 14 (1), John 6 (1)

Forms

• ἐξελέξατο 10
• ἐξελεξάμην 4
• ἐκλεξάμενος 1
• ἐκλελεγμένος 1
• ἐξελέγοντο 1
• ἐξελέξασθε 1
• ἐξελέξω 1
• ἐξελέξαντο 1
• ἐκλεξαμένους 1
• ἐκλεξαμένοις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eklegō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κόσμος kosmos “world” 5
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 4
• ἀπόστολος apostolos “apostle” 3
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 4
• ἄν an “if” 3
• Βαρνάβας Barnabas “Barnabas” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 3
• εἷς ehis “one” 3
• ἀγαπητός agapētos “beloved” 2
• δώδεκα dōdeka “twelve” 2
• δοκέω dokeō “to think” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 3

Key verses

The verses using eklegō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• John 13:18 — I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• John 15:19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth…
• Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
• Acts 1:24 — And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
• Acts 13:17 — The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he…
• Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas…
• 1 Corinthians 1:27 — But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are…
• Ephesians 1:4 — According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.