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ἐκλεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκλεκτός

Structure: ἐκλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kle/gw

Sense

  1. picked out, select
  2. (in New Testament and ecclesiastical writings, in the plural) the elect

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐκλεκτός ἐκλεκτή έ̓κλεκτον
Genitive ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτῆς ἐκλέκτου
Dative ἐκλεκτῷ ἐκλεκτῇ ἐκλέκτῳ
Accusative ἐκλεκτόν ἐκλεκτήν έ̓κλεκτον
Vocative ἐκλεκτέ ἐκλεκτή έ̓κλεκτον
DualN/A/V ἐκλεκτώ ἐκλεκτᾱ́ ἐκλέκτω
G/D ἐκλεκτοῖν ἐκλεκταῖν ἐκλέκτοιν
PluralNominative ἐκλεκτοί ἐκλεκταί έ̓κλεκτα
Genitive ἐκλεκτῶν ἐκλεκτῶν ἐκλέκτων
Dative ἐκλεκτοῖς ἐκλεκταῖς ἐκλέκτοις
Accusative ἐκλεκτούς ἐκλεκτᾱ́ς έ̓κλεκτα
Vocative ἐκλεκτοί ἐκλεκταί έ̓κλεκτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐκλεκτός ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτότερος ἐκλεκτοτεροῦ ἐκλεκτότατος ἐκλεκτοτατοῦ
Adverb ἐκλέκτως ἐκλεκτότερον ἐκλεκτότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μία ἐστὶ περιστερά μου, τελεία μου, μία ἐστὶ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆσ, ἐκλεκτή ἐστι τῇ τεκούσῃ αὐτήν. εἴδοσαν αὐτὴν θυγατέρεσ καὶ μακαριοῦσιν αὐτήν, βασίλισσαι καί γε παλλακαὶ καὶ αἰνέσουσιν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 6:9)
  • τίσ αὕτη ἡ ἐκκύπτουσα ὡσεὶ ὄρθροσ, καλὴ ὡσ σελήνη, ἐκλεκτὴ ὡσ ὁ ἥλιοσ, θάμβοσ ὡσ τεταγμέναι̣ (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 6:10)
  • καὶ εὐνοῦχοσ ὁ μὴ ἐργασάμενοσ ἐν χειρὶ ἀνόμημα, μηδὲ ἐνθυμηθεὶσ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου πονηρά, δοθήσεται γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆσ πίστεωσ χάρισ ἐκλεκτὴ καὶ κλῆροσ ἐν ναῷ Κυρίου θυμηρέστεροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:14)
  • ὡσ κιννάμωμον καὶ ἀσπάλαθοσ ἀρωμάτων δέδωκα ὀσμὴν καὶ ὡσ σμύρνα ἐκλεκτὴ διέδωκα εὐωδίαν, ὡσ χαλβάνη καὶ ὄνυξ καὶ στακτὴ καὶ ὡσ λιβάνου ἀτμὶσ ἐν σκηνῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 24:15)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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