Strong's Number 1589

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
ekloge {ek-log-ay'}
Word Origin:
from 1586
TDNT:
4:176,505
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
election 6, chosen 1

Total: 7
Definition:
  1. the act of picking out, choosing
    1. of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons
    2. the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone
  2. a thing or person chosen
    1. of persons: God's elect
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament