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Strong's Number G1588

ἐκλεκτός

eklektos · ek-lek-tos'

Transliteration:

eklektos{ek-lek-tos'}

Word Origin:

from 1586

TDNT:

4:181,505

Part of Speech:

adjective

Strong's Definition:

select; by implication, favorite

Usage in the KJV:

elect 16, chosen 7

Total: 23
Occurs 22 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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