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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

Examples

  • ἄκουσον δὲ ἡμῶν. βασιλεὺσ παρὰ Θεοῦ σὺ εἶ ἐν ἡμῖν. ἐν τοῖσ ἐκλεκτοῖσ μνημείοισ ἡμῶν θάψον τὸν νεκρόν σου. οὐδεὶσ γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐ μὴ κωλύσει τὸ μνημεῖον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ σοῦ τοῦ θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν σου ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:6)
  • γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι ἐπορεύθημεν εἰσ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν χώραν εἰσ οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, καὶ αὐτὸσ οἰκοδομεῖται λίθοισ ἐκλεκτοῖσ, καὶ ξύλα ἐντίθενται ἐν τοῖσ τοίχοισ, καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐκεῖνο ἐπιδέξιον γίνεται καὶ εὐοδοῦται ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 5:8)
  • διεθέμην διαθήκην τοῖσ ἐκλεκτοῖσ μου, ὤμοσα Δαυί̈δ τῷ δούλῳ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 88:4)
  • οἱ πεποιθότεσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ συνήσουσιν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ οἱ πιστοὶ ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσμενοῦσιν αὐτῷ, ὅτι χάρισ καὶ ἔλεοσ ἐν τοῖσ ὁσίοισ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ ἐν τοῖσ ἐκλεκτοῖσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:9)
  • ὅτι χάρισ καὶ ἔλεοσ ἐν τοῖσ ἐκλεκτοῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ ἐν τοῖσ ὁσίοισ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:15)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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