ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΩΝ, ἐκλελεγμενων
EKLELEGMENŌN, eklelegmenōn
Sounds Like: ek-leh-LEG-meh-nohn
Translations: of the chosen, of the elect, of the selected
From the root: ἘΚΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning "having been chosen" or "having been selected." It refers to those who have been singled out or picked for a specific purpose. As a participle, it functions like an adjective, describing a noun, but it also carries verbal force, indicating a completed action. It is often used to refer to God's chosen people or individuals.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 1:1
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
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΙ — chosen, elect, selected, picked out, a chosen one, the chosen ones
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΣ — chosen, elect, selected, a chosen one, an elect one
- ἘΚΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΥΣ — chosen, elect, selected, the chosen ones, the elect
- 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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