2001 Translation

ĒRĒSTHAI, ērēsthai

Sounds Like: hay-REES-thay

Translations: to have been taken, to have been chosen, to have been seized, to have been captured

From the root: ΑΙΡΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb αἱρέω (haireō). It means 'to have been taken,' 'to have been chosen,' or 'to have been seized/captured.' It describes an action that was completed in the past and whose result continues into the present, viewed from a passive perspective. It is often used in constructions where the subject is the one who has experienced the action.

Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G0138 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 9 — 6:111

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 11:13

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 25:124

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΙΡΕΩ.

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.

• ΑΙΡ — take, take up, take away, lift up, carry, choose, prefer, remove, destroy
• ΑΙΡΕ — take, choose, seize, lift, carry, remove, destroy
• ΑΙΡΕΘΕΙΣ — chosen, taken, elected, preferred
• ΑΙΡΕΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been chosen, having been taken, having been preferred, having been elected
• ΑΙΡΕΘΗΝΑΙ — to be chosen, to be taken, to be preferred, to be elected
• ΑΙΡΕΙΝ — to take, to choose, to lift, to carry away, to seize, to capture
• ΑΙΡΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to choose, to take, to prefer, to pick up, to lift up, to carry away, to remove, to destroy, to be chosen, to be taken, to choose for oneself
• ΑΙΡΕΙΣΘΕ — you choose, you prefer, you take, you pick, you select
• ΑΙΡΕΙΤΑΙ — is taken away, is chosen, is lifted up, takes for oneself, chooses for oneself
• ΑΙΡΕΜ — offering, a contribution, a portion, a gift, a heave offering
• ΑΙΡΕΤΙΕΙ — he will choose, he will take, he will prefer, he will select
• ΑΙΡΕΤΙΣ — choice, a choice, election, a sect, a heresy, a division
• ΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us choose, let us take, let us prefer, let us select
• ΑΙΡΕΤΙΩ — I will choose, I will take, I will prefer
• ΑΙΡΕΤΟΝ — chosen, preferable, desirable, a chosen thing, a preferable thing, a desirable thing
• ΑΙΡΕΤΟΣ — chosen, choice, elect, desirable, preferable
• ΑΙΡΕΩ — to take, to choose, to prefer, to seize, to capture, to remove, to carry off
• ΑΙΡΗ — you choose, you take, you prefer, you lift up, you carry away
• ΑΙΡΗΣΕΙΝ — to take, to choose, to seize, to capture, to pick up, to lift up
• ΑΙΡΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to choose, to take, to prefer, to seize, to capture
• ΑΙΡΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will choose, I will take for myself, I will prefer
• ΑΙΡΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will choose, they will take, they will prefer
• ΑΙΡΗΣΟΝΤΑΣ — who will choose, who will take, who will seize, who will capture, who will prefer
• ΑΙΡΗΤΑΙ — he chooses, he takes, he prefers, he is chosen, he is taken
• ΑΙΡΙΤΑΙ — he takes, he takes away, he chooses, he prefers, he seizes, he captures
• ΑΙΡΟΥ — choose, take, lift, carry, take up, take away, remove, pick up, receive, prefer, select, seize
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΑΙ — I choose, I take, I prefer, I elect
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we choose, we prefer, we take for ourselves, we elect, we pick out
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΗΝ — choosing, being chosen, taking, being taken, preferring, being preferred
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — choosing, taking, lifting, preferring, selecting, picking up, carrying away, removing, a choosing, a taking, a lifting, a preferring, a selecting, a picking up, a carrying away, a removing
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — choosing, preferring, taking, selecting, electing, of those choosing, to those choosing
• ΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — choosing, selecting, taking, preferring, picking up, lifting up
• ΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they choose, they take, they lift, they carry, they prefer
• ΑΙΡΩΤΩΝ — taking, lifting, carrying, picking up, removing, taking away, choosing, preferring, selecting
• ΑΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to choose, to take, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to take for oneself, to pick up for oneself, to be chosen, to be taken
• ΑΝΘΥΦΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — it will be taken away in return, it will be subtracted in return, it will be removed in return
• ΑΝΤΑΝΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be taken away, they will be removed, they will be destroyed, they will be abolished
• ΔΙΕΛΟΝΤΑΣ — having divided, having distributed, having separated, having taken apart
• ἘΠΑΝΕΙΛΩ — take up, destroy, kill, remove, abolish, take away, carry off
• ἘΠΑΝΕΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to take back, to take up again, to resume, to recover, to restore
• ΕΙΛΑΝΤΟ — they chose, they preferred, they took, they lifted up
• ΕΙΛΕ — he took, she took, it took, he chose, she chose, it chose, he seized, she seized, it seized
• ΕΙΛΕΚΑΤΑ — I have taken, I have chosen, I have seized, I have captured
• ΕΙΛΕΝ — he took, she took, it took, he chose, she chose, it chose, he captured, she captured, it captured
• ΕΙΛΕΤΟ — he took, he chose, he seized, he captured, he preferred
• ΕΙΛΗΝΤΟ — they had been taken, they had been chosen, they had been seized, they had been captured
• ΕΙΛΟΝ — I took, I chose, I seized, I captured
• ΕΙΛΟΝΤΟ — they chose, they took, they preferred
• ΕΙΛΟΥ — you took, you chose, you seized, you captured
• ΕΛΕΙΝ — to take, to choose, to seize, to capture, to pick, to prefer
• ΕΛΕΣΑ — I chose, I took, I seized, I preferred
• ΕΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to choose, to take, to take away, to rescue, to remove
• ΕΛΕΣΘΗ — was chosen, was taken, was preferred, was elected
• ΕΛΗΤΑΙ — take, choose, seize, rescue, deliver
• ΕΛΟΙΤΟ — he might choose, he might take, he might prefer, he might pick
• ΕΛΟΜΑΙ — I choose, I take, I prefer, I elect
• ΕΛΟΜΕΝΗ — taking, choosing, having taken, having chosen, a woman taking, a woman choosing
• ΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ — having chosen, having taken, having preferred, having seized
• ΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — choosing, having chosen, taking, having taken, preferring, having preferred
• ΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — taking, choosing, seizing, having taken, having chosen, having seized, removing, taking away
• ΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having chosen, choosing, having taken, taking, of those who chose, of those who took
• ΕΛΟΝΤΑ — having taken, having chosen, having seized, one who took, one who chose
• ΕΛΟΝΤΕΣ — having taken, taking, choosing, having chosen, seizing, having seized
• ΕΛΟΝΤΙ — (to) one who has taken, (to) one who has chosen, (to) one who has captured, (to) one who has preferred
• ΕΛΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) having taken, (of) having chosen, (of) having seized, (of) having captured
• ΕΛΟΝΤΩΝ — choosing, having chosen, taking, having taken, preferring, having preferred, of those choosing, of those having chosen, of those taking, of those having taken
• ΕΛΟΥΜΑ — I will take, I will choose, I will seize, I will capture, I will carry off
• ΕΛΩΜ — we may choose, we may take, we may pick up, we may carry away, we may seize, we may prefer
• ΕΛΩΜΕΘΑ — we may choose, we may take, we may prefer, let us choose, let us take
• ΕΛΩΝ — having taken, having chosen, having seized, having captured, having preferred
• ΕΛΩΝΤΑΙ — they may take, they may choose, they may seize, they may capture, they may prefer
• ΕΞΕΙΛΕΝ — he took out, he rescued, he delivered, he plucked out, he removed
• ΕΞΕΙΛΕΤΟ — he rescued, he delivered, he took out, he chose out, he picked out
• ἨΡΗΣΑΝΤΟ — they chose, they preferred, they took for themselves
• ΗΙΡΕΘΗ — it was taken, it was chosen, it was captured, it was seized
• ΗΜΑΙΡΕΣ — you chose, you took, you lifted, you carried away
• ΗΡΕΣ — you took, you chose, you preferred
• ΗΡΕΤΙΚΑ — I have chosen, I have taken, I have preferred
• ΗΡΕΤΙΚΕΝ — he chose, he elected, he took, he seized
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΑ — I chose, I took, I preferred, I seized, I captured
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΑΜΕΘΑ — we chose, we took, we selected, we picked
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΑΜΗΝ — I chose, I preferred, I took, I selected
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΑΝΤΟ — they chose, they took, they preferred
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΑΤΟ — he chose, he selected, he took, he picked
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΕΝ — he chose, she chose, it chose, he took, she took, it took
• ΗΡΕΤΙΣΩ — you chose, you picked out, you took
• ΗΡΕΤΟ — he took, he chose, he lifted, he carried, he seized
• ΗΡΗΚΕΙ — he had taken, he had chosen, he had seized, he had captured, he had preferred
• ΗΡΗΚΟΤΑ — having taken, having seized, having chosen, having captured
• ΗΡΗΜΕΝΗ — taken, chosen, captured, seized
• ΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΝ — chosen, taken, preferred, selected, captured, seized, destroyed, removed, killed, slain, a chosen one, a taken one, a preferred one, a selected one, a captured one, a seized one, a destroyed one, a removed one, a killed one, a slain one
• ΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΥ — of chosen, of taken, of selected, of preferred
• ΗΡΗΤΑΙ — it has been taken, it has been chosen, it has been lifted up, it has been carried away
• ΗΡΗΤΟ — it was taken, it was captured, it was chosen, it was destroyed, it was removed
• ΗΡΟΥΝΤΟ — they were taking, they were choosing, they were seizing, they were capturing, they were preferring
• ΚΑΤΑΔΙΕΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to divide, to distribute, to separate, to share out
• ΚΑΤΑΔΙΕΛΕΣΘΕ — divide, separate, distribute, apportion, cut up, tear apart
• ΠΕΡΙΑΙΡΕΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be taken away, they will be removed, they will be put away
• ΠΡΟἨΡΗΤΟ — it had been chosen, it had been preferred, it had been decided, it had been purposed
• ΠΡΟΗΡΟΥΝΤΟ — they were choosing, they were preferring, they were purposing, they were determining

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