ἘΠΙΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐπιλεξαμενος
EPILEXAMENOS, epilexamenos
Sounds Like: eh-pee-LEK-sah-meh-nos
Translations: having chosen, having selected, having picked out, having elected
From the root: ΕΠΙΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb λέγομαι (legomai), meaning 'to choose' or 'to pick'. It describes the action of someone having chosen or selected something or someone for themselves. It implies a deliberate and personal choice.
Inflection: Aorist Middle Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1951 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:39
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 2:28, 7:159
- Book 7 — 6:124
- Book 12 — 2:49, 7:298, 7:318
- Book 13 — 5:134, 7:91
- Book 15 — 11:390
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 15:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having chosen, having selected, having picked out
- ΕΠΙΛΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having chosen for oneself, having selected for oneself, having picked out for oneself
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