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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 κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ καλὰσ τῷ εἴδει καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτὰσ ταῖσ σαρξί. ἠγέρθη δὲ Φαραώ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:4)
  • καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ πρώτασ τὰσ καλὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτάσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:20)
  • καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ σὲ ὀλοθρεύοντα ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν πέλεκυν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκκόψουσι τὰσ ἐκλεκτὰσ κέδρουσ σου καὶ ἐμβαλοῦσιν εἰσ τὸ πῦρ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 22:7)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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