Strong's Number 1588
Transliteration:
eklektos
{ek-lek-tos'}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
4:181,505
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage in the KJV:
elect 16, chosen 7
Total: 23
Definition:
- picked out, chosen
- chosen by God,
- to obtain salvation through Christ
- Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God
- the Messiah in called "elect", as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable
- choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians