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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

  • καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸσ ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ στρεβλωθήσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:27)
  • τ ταύτην γὰρ ὁ τὰ πάντα δυναστεύων Θεὸσ ἀντ̓ ὀλεθρίασ τοῦ ἐκλεκτοῦ γένουσ ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖσ εὐφροσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:31)
  • καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸσ ἔσῃ καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ διαστρέψεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 17:27)
  • βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον, τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γεννήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 8:19)
  • ὁ δὲ Κύριοσ οὐ μὴ καταλίπῃ τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ διαφθείρῃ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐξαλείψῃ ἐκλεκτοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔκγονα καὶ σπέρμα τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντοσ αὐτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐξάρῃ. καὶ τῷ Ἰακὼβ ἔδωκε κατάλειμμα καὶ τῷ Δαυὶδ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ρίζαν. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:22)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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