ἘΚΛΕΚΤΩΝ, ἐκλεκτων
EKLEKTŌN, eklektōn
Sounds Like: ek-lek-TON
Translations: (of) chosen, (of) elect, (of) selected
From the root: ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that has been chosen or selected, often implying a special status or purpose. It is used to refer to a group of people who are set apart or favored. In a sentence, it would typically modify a noun, indicating that the noun possesses the quality of being chosen or elect.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 1:3
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:13
Clement of Rome
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 20:34
- 2 Samuel — 8:8
- 1 Kings — 2:46, 4:23
- 1 Chronicles — 18:8
- Psalms — 105:5, 140:4
- Proverbs — 12:24
- Sirach — 46:1
- Jeremiah — 38:39
- Ezekiel — 17:22, 19:14, 27:20
- Zechariah — 11:16
- Enoch — 1:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΑ — chosen, elect, select, excellent, precious, chosen ones, elect ones, the chosen, the elect, chosen things, excellent things, precious things
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΑΙ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, select
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΑΣ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, select
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΗ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΗΝ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΗΣ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, precious, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΙ — elect, chosen, the elect, the chosen ones
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΟΙ — chosen, elect, select, chosen ones, the elect
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΟΙΣ — chosen, elect, selected, preferred
- ἘΚΛΕΚΤΟΥΣ — chosen, elect, selected, choice
- ΕΓΛΕΚΤΟΙΣ — to the chosen, to the elect, to the select
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΑ — chosen, elect, picked, select, excellent, a chosen one, the chosen ones
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΑΙ — chosen, elect, selected, choice, excellent, precious
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΑΣ — chosen, elect, selected, choice, excellent, (of) chosen, (of) elect, (of) selected
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΗ — chosen, elect, selected, excellent, a chosen one, an elect one
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΗΝ — chosen, elect, selected, excellent, choice
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΗΣ — of elect, of chosen, of select
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΙ — chosen, elect, selected, choice
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΙΣ — chosen, elect, select, picked out
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΝ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, a chosen one, an elect one
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΣ — chosen, elect, choice, excellent, precious
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΥ — of the chosen, of the elect, of the select, of a chosen one, of an elect one
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΟΥΣ — chosen, elect, selected, picked out, choice, excellent
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΩ — chosen, elect, selected, a chosen one, an elect one
- ΕΚΛΕΚΤΩΝ — of the chosen, of the elect, of the select, of the chosen ones, of the elect ones
- ΕΚΤΗΝ — chosen, elect, choice, an elect
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