Strong's Number 1588

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
eklektos {ek-lek-tos'}
Word Origin:
from 1586
TDNT:
4:181,505
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage in the KJV:
elect 16, chosen 7

Total: 23
Definition:
  1. picked out, chosen
    1. chosen by God,
      1. to obtain salvation through Christ
        1. Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God
      2. the Messiah in called "elect", as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable
      3. choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament