ἐκλεκτός G1588
- Home gloss
- chosen
- Instead of (KJV / RSV)
- choice / choicest / choice
- Note
- "Many are called, but few chosen" (Matt 22:14); 1 Pet 2:9 "a chosen race." The expected NT English is "elect" (KJV)
- Rulings
- 2
Occurrences (1)
Genesis 23 (Septuagint)
- 23:6 "No, lord; but hear us. A king from God you are among us. In our chosen tombs bury your dead; for no one of us will hinder his tomb from you, from burying your dead there."