Strong's Greek · G1588

G1588 eklektós

ἐκλεκτός

chosen, elect

When eklektós is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

select; by implication, favorite

Derivation

from G1586 (ἐκλέγομαι);

Appears 22 times in Scripture

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Luke 18:7

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

Matthew 24:22

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Romans 8:33

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Romans 16:13

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

Luke 23:35

The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

Matthew 24:31

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.”

When eklektós is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what eklektós means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like 1 Peter 1:1 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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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).

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