What does αἱρετίζω (hairetízō) mean in the Bible?
αἱρετίζω (hairetízō): To choose or select deliberately, emphasizing active preference or election of one option.
Greek · G140
αἱρετίζω
To make a choice
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αἱρετίζωG140
Pronunciationhairetízō
What does αἱρετίζω (hairetízō) mean in the Bible?
αἱρετίζω (hairetízō): To choose or select deliberately, emphasizing active preference or election of one option.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G140?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include I have chosen (1).
Where does αἱρετίζω (hairetízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItI have chosen1×Matthew 12:18
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 12:18
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
ᾑρέτισα1xhēretisaMatthew 12:18
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular1xMatthew 12:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To choose or select deliberately, emphasizing active preference or election of one option.
Strong'sG140
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to make a choice
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To choose or select deliberately, emphasizing active preference or election of one option.
= αἱρέομαι (Hipp., Inscr.), to choose: Mat.12:18 (LXX, ἀντιλήμψομαι).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:18Verb First Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ᾑρέτισα·hretisa
I choose
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Aorist ActiveMatt 12:181×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
active1
Mood
indicative1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
αἱρετίζω is built from this root: