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Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1589: ἐκλογή ἐκλογή, ἐκλογῆς, ἡ (ἐκλέγω), election, choice; a. the act of picking out, choosing: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς (the genitive of quality; cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; (Buttmann, 161 (140f))), equivalent to ἐκλεκτόν, namely, τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 9:15; specifically used of that act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons; — ἡ κατ' ἐκλογήν προφεσις, the decree made from choice (A. V. the purpose according to election, cf. Winer's Grammar, 193 (182)), Romans 9:11 (cf. Fritzsche at the passage, p. 298ff); — particularly that by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ, Romans 11:28; κατ' ἐκλογήν χάριτος, according to an election which is due to grace, or a gracious election, Romans 11:5; with the genitive of the person elected, 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Peter 1:10. b. the thing or person chosen: equivalent to ἐκλεκτοί, Romans 11:7. (Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others.) Forms and Transliterations εκλελοχισμένος εκλογη εκλογή ἐκλογὴ εκλογην εκλογήν ἐκλογὴν εκλογης εκλογής ἐκλογῆς εκλύσεως εκλύτρωσιν εξελογίζοντο ekloge eklogē eklogḕ eklogen eklogēn eklogḕn ekloges eklogês eklogēs eklogē̂s Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts