Strong’s
G138Verb3 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Philippians 1:22αἱρήσομαι
But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13εἵλατο
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
- Hebrews 11:25ἑλόμενος
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Abbott-Smith
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)
[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)
Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.