Selecting

Usually translated “election”, “choice” and “elect”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• election 5
• of choice 1
• the elect 1

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

• Romans 4
• Acts 1
• 1 Thessalonians 1
• 2 Peter 1

4 books in all.

• Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Romans 9:11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
• Romans 11:5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
• Romans 11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
• Romans 11:28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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

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

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