ek-leg'-om-ahee

Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense); to select: - make choice, choose (out), chosen.

1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one’s self

1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples

1b) choosing one for an office

1c) of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight

1c1) i.e. the Israelites

1d) of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (Jas_2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only

Part of Speech: verb

Middle voice from G1537 and G3004 (in its primary sense)