Strong's Number G1589

ἐκλογή

ekloge · ek-log-ay'

Transliteration:

ekloge{ek-log-ay'}

Word Origin:

from 1586

TDNT:

4:176,505

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

(divine) selection (abstractly or concretely)

Usage in the KJV:

election 6, chosen 1

Total: 7
Occurs 7 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the act of picking out, choosing
1. of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons
2. the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone
a thing or person chosen
1. of persons: God's elect