1586 eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee}   
   
TDNT - 4:144,505; 動詞   
   
AV - choose 19, choose out 1, make choice 1; 21   
   
1) 替自己選擇   
2) (按著重要的優先次序)替自己挑揀


1586 eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee} 
 
middle voice from 1537 and 3004 (in its primary sense); 
   TDNT - 4:144,505; v 
 
AV - choose 19, choose out 1, make choice 1; 21 
 
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: (James 2:5) so that the 
       ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only