ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐκλελεγμενοι
EKLELEGMENOI, eklelegmenoi
Sounds Like: ek-leh-LEG-men-oy
Translations: chosen, elect, selected, picked out, a chosen one, the chosen ones
From the root: ἘΚΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning 'having been chosen' or 'having been selected'. It describes someone or something that has been singled out or picked from a larger group. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun, or as a substantive (acting as a noun itself), referring to 'the chosen ones' or 'the elect'. In a theological context, it often refers to those whom God has chosen.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine, Perfect, Passive, Participle
Strong’s number: G1586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 3:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΙ — choosing, selecting, picking out, electing
- ἘΚΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — to those choosing, to those selecting, to those picking out, to those electing, to those chosen, to those selected, to those picked out, to those elected
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΗ — chosen, elect, selected, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΣ — chosen, elect, selected, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΥΣ — chosen, elect, selected, the chosen ones, the elect
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΩΝ — of the chosen, of the elect, of the selected
- ἘΚΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having chosen, having selected, having picked out
- ἘΚΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΝ — chosen, having chosen, having picked out, having selected
- ἘΚΛΕΞΑΣ — having chosen, having selected, having picked out
- ἘΞΕΛΕΞΕΝ — chose, selected, picked out
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