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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 κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺσ ἑπτὰ στάχυασ τοὺσ ἐκλεκτοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ πλήρεισ. ἠγέρθη δὲ Φαραώ, καὶ ἦν ἐνύπνιον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:7)
  • καὶ ἔλαβε μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ τρεῖσ χιλιάδασ ἀνδρῶν ἐκλεκτοὺσ ἐκ παντὸσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη ζητεῖν τὸν Δαυὶδ καὶ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Σαδαιέμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 24:3)
  • δότω ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἄνδρασ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξηλιάσωμεν αὐτοὺσ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῷ Γαβαὼν Σαοὺλ ἐκλεκτοὺσ Κυρίου. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύσ. ἐγὼ δώσω. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 21:6)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἀζαήλ. τί ὅτι ὁ κύριόσ μου κλαίει̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ὅτι οἶδα ὅσα ποιήσεισ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ κακά. τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖσ ἐν πυρὶ καὶ τοὺσ ἐκλεκτοὺσ αὐτῶν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ ἀποκτενεῖσ καὶ τὰ νήπια αὐτῶν ἐνσείσεισ καὶ τὰσ ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσασ αὐτῶν ἀναρρήξεισ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 8:12)
  • καὶ ἠρίθμησεν ἐκλεκτοὺσ ἄνδρασ εἰσ παράταξιν, καθότι ἐκέλευσεν αὐτῷ ὁ κύριοσ αὐτοῦ εἰσ μυριάδασ δεκαδύο καὶ ἱππεῖσ τοξότασ μυρίουσ δισχιλίουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 2:15)

Synonyms

  1. picked out

  2. the elect

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