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To choose

αἱρέωStrong’s G0138

ahireō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ahireō is the Greek word usually translated “choose”, “has chosen” and “having chosen”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:”
2 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “choose”, “has chosen” and “having chosen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will i choose 1
  • has chosen 1
  • having chosen 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Philippians 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1
  • Hebrews 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

αἱρέω ahireō · to choose

αἱρέω, [in LXX for אמר hi., בּחר, etc. ;] to take; Mid., -ομαι (M, Pr., 158 f.; MM, VGT, see word), to choose: Php.1:22, 2Th.2:13, Heb.11:25. (Cf. ἀν-, ἀφ-, δι-, ἐξ-, καθ-, περι-, προ-αιρέω.) † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “choose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CHOOSE, verb transitive

  1. To pick out; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more things offered; to make choice of.“The man the Lord doth choose shall be holy” Numbers 16:7
  2. To take in preference.“Let us choose to us judgment” Job 34:4
  3. To prefer; to choose for imitation; to follow.“Envy not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways” Proverbs 3:31
  4. To elect for eternal happiness; to predestinate to life.“Many are called but few chosen” Matthew 20:16“For his elects sake, whom he hath chosen” Mark 13:20
All definitions and other forms of “choose”
  1. To elect or designate to office or employment by votes or suffrages.

CHOOSE, verb intransitive

  1. To prefer; as, I choose to go.
  2. To have the power of choice.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.