ἐκλεκτός eklektos

Greek word for “select” · Strong’s G1588 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

ἐκ-λεκτός, -ή, -όν; (ἐκλέγω);

How it is translated

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

• elect 15
• chosen 6
• chosen one 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 24 (3), Mark 13 (3), 1 Peter 2 (3), 2 John 1 (2), Matthew 22 (1), Luke 18 (1), Luke 23 (1), Romans 8 (1), Romans 16 (1), Colossians 3 (1)

Forms

• ἐκλεκτοὺς 4
• ἐκλεκτῶν 4
• ἐκλεκτούς 3
• ἐκλεκτὸν 3
• ἐκλεκτοὶ 2
• ἐκλεκτοί 1
• ἐκλεκτός 1
• ἐκλεκτοῖς 1
• ἐκλεκτόν 1
• ἐκλεκτῇ 1

Words used with it

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

• κολοβόω koloboō “to shorten” 2
• ψευδόχριστος pseudochristos “false Christ” 2
• ἄκρον akron “end” 2
• ἔντιμος entimos “valued/honored” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 5
• ἐπισυνάγω episunagō “to gather” 2
• κλητός klētos “called” 2
• ψευδοπροφήτης pseudoprophētēs “false prophet” 2
• σῴζω sōzō “to save” 3
• τέρας teras “wonders” 2
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 3
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the…
• Matthew 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Romans 8:33 — Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
• Colossians 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• 1 Timothy 5:21 — I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing…
• 2 Timothy 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• Titus 1:1 — Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
• 1 Peter 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
• 1 Peter 2:4 — To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
• 1 Peter 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of…
• Revelation 17:14 — These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and…

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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.