Strong's Greek · G138
αἱρέομαι
hairéomai
choose
Definition
to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer
Derivation
probably akin to G142 (αἴρω);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.”
“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.”
“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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).