To choose
αἱρετίζωStrong’s G0140ahiretizō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ahiretizō is the Greek word usually translated “have chosen”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.”
Meaning
Usually translated “have chosen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i have chosen 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
αἱρετίζω ahiretizō · to choose
αἱρετίζω, [in LXX chiefly for בּחר (see Cremer, 615) ;] = αἱρέομαι (Hipp., Inscr.), to choose: Mat.12:18 (LXX, ἀντιλήμψομαι).† (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
- 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
- To take in preference.“Let us choose to us judgment” Job 34:4
- To prefer; to choose for imitation; to follow.“Envy not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways” Proverbs 3:31
- 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”
- To elect or designate to office or employment by votes or suffrages.
CHOOSE, verb intransitive
- To prefer; as, I choose to go.
- 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.