◄ 138. haireó ►
Strong's Concordance haireó: to take, choose Original Word: αἱρέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: haireó Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-reh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I choose, prefer Definition: I choose, prefer. HELPS Word-studies 138 hairéomai (a primitive verb, always in the Greek middle voice) – properly, lay hold of by a personal choice. [The Greek middle voice emphasizes the self-interest of the one preferring (deciding) to grasp or take.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 138: αἱρέω αἱρέω, (ῶ: (thought by some to be akin to ἄγρα, ἀγρέω, χείρ, English grip, etc.; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. 1:131 — but see Curtius, § 117); to take. In the N. T. in the middle only: future αἱρήσομαι; 2 aorist εἱλόμην, but G L T Tr WH ἑιλάμην, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WHs Appendix, p. 165;) Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 a.; Buttmann, 40 (35), see ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning; (participle ἑλόμενος, Hebrews 11:25); to take for oneself, to choose, prefer: Philippians 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; μᾶλλον followed by infinitive with ἤ (common in Attic), Hebrews 11:25. (Compare: ἀναιρέω, ἀφαιρέω, διαιρέω, ἐξαιρέω, καθαιρέω, περιαιρέω, προαιρέω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance choose. Probably akin to airo; to take for oneself, i.e. To prefer -- choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel'-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete. see GREEK airo Forms and Transliterations αιρείται αιρησομαι αιρήσομαι αἱρήσομαι ειλατο είλατό εἵλατο είλετο είλοντο είλου ελομενος ελόμενος ἑλόμενος ελώμεθα ηρείτο airesomai airēsomai eilato elomenos hairesomai hairēsomai hairḗsomai heilato heílato helomenos helómenos Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 138 3 Occurrences αἱρήσομαι — 1 Occ. εἵλατο — 1 Occ. ἑλόμενος — 1 Occ. Philippians 1:22 V-FIM-1S GRK: καὶ τί αἱρήσομαι οὐ γνωρίζω NAS: which to choose. KJV: yet what I shall choose I wot not. INT: and what I will choose not I know 2 Thessalonians 2:13 V-AIM-3S GRK: Κυρίου ὅτι εἵλατο ὑμᾶς ὁ NAS: God has chosen you from the beginning KJV: from the beginning chosen you to INT: [the] Lord that chose you Hebrews 11:25 V-APM-NMS GRK: μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συνκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ NAS: choosing rather KJV: Choosing rather to suffer affliction INT: rather having chosen to suffer affliction with the 3 Occurrences