Strong's Greek · G138

G138 hairéomai

αἱρέομαι

hahee-reh'-om-ahee

to choose

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hairéomai appears 3 times in Scripture, in Philippians 1:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 and Hebrews 11:25. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer

In the King James Version

choose

Derivation

probably akin to G142 (αἴρω);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Hebrews 11:25

“He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.”

Philippians 1:22

“But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.”

2 Thessalonians 2:13

“But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).