ἘΠΙΛΕΞΑΣ, ἐπιλεξας
EPILEXAS, epilexas
Sounds Like: eh-pee-LEK-sas
Translations: having chosen, having selected, having picked out
From the root: ἘΠΙΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having chosen' or 'having selected'. It describes an action that has been completed before the main verb of the sentence. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, and indicates that the subject of the main verb is the one who performed the action of choosing or selecting.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1951 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:21, 20:15
- Book Three — 10:79
- Book Four — 1:70
- Book Five — 1:43
- Book Six — 2:39, 9:9
- Book Seven — 5:23
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΛΕΓΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΙΠΕ — he said in addition, he added, he spoke, he said
- ἘΠΕΙΠΕΙΝ — to say in addition, to add, to say besides, to speak further
- ἘΠΙΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΣ — named, called, surnamed, chosen, a named, a called, a surnamed, a chosen
- ἘΠΙΛΕΓΩΝ — choosing, selecting, picking out, speaking in addition, saying in addition, adding
- ἘΠΙΛΕΛΕΓΜΕΝΑΙΣ — chosen, selected, picked out, elect
- ἘΠΙΛΕΞΑΝΤΑ — having chosen, having selected, having picked out, having gathered
- ἘΠΙΛΕΧΘΕΙΣΑ — chosen, selected, picked out
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