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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 ἰδοὺ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόεσ καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:2)
  • καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόεσ καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖσ σαρξί, καὶ ἐνέμοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:18)
  • ὥσπερ δοκιμάζεται ἐν καμίνῳ ἄργυροσ καὶ χρυσόσ, οὕτωσ ἐκλεκταὶ καρδίαι παρὰ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:3)
  • καὶ ἔσονται αἱ ἐκλεκταὶ φάραγγέσ σου πλησθήσονται ἁρμάτων, οἱ δὲ ἱππεῖσ ἐμφράξουσι τὰσ πύλασ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:7)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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