What does ἐγώ · ἐκλέγομαι mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G1473, G1586
ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην
:--I, me. · to select
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ἐγώ G1473 :--I, me.
Pronunciation egṓ
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ἐκλέγομαι G1586 to select
Pronunciation eklégomai
Divine selection of persons or things for a specific purpose, especially Christ choosing disciples
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What does ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην (egō exelexamēn) mean in the Bible?
ἐγώ · ἐκλέγομαι is a Greek phrase meaning ":--I, me.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1473, G1586?
G1473, G1586 is connected to 2,572 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. :--I, me.
Source Gloss
:--I, me.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 2572 Case pattern Genitive (1073) Number pattern Singular (1711)
Nominative · Singular Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:14 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:28 · Matt 5:32 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:44 · Matt 8:7 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:27 · Matt 20:15 343×
Nominative · Plural Matt 6:12 · Matt 9:14 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 28:14 · Mark 9:28 · Mark 10:28 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 3:14 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 18:28 · Luke 23:41 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:16 · John 4:22 · John 6:42 127×
Genitive · Singular Matt 2:6 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:19 · Matt 5:11 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:23 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 10:18 673×
Genitive · Plural Matt 1:23 · Matt 6:9 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 20:33 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 27:25 · Matt 28:13 · Mark 9:40 · Mark 11:10 · Mark 12:7 · Mark 12:11 400×
Dative · Singular Matt 2:8 · Matt 4:9 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:22 · Matt 9:9 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 14:8 · Matt 14:18 · Matt 15:25 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 16:24 · Matt 17:17 317×
Dative · Plural Matt 3:15 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 15:15 · Matt 15:33 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 22:17 · Matt 22:25 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 25:9 · Matt 25:11 167×
Accusative · Singular Matt 3:14 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 10:40 · Matt 11:28 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:30 · Matt 15:8 · Matt 15:9 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 16:15 · Matt 18:5 · Matt 18:6 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 18:32 378×
Accusative · Plural Matt 6:13 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 8:31 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 13:56 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 20:7 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 20:31 · Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 5:12 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 9:5 · Mark 9:22 167×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 22 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 20 perfect 1 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 21 passive 1
Mood
indicative 18 participle 4
NT Occurrences
Mark 13:20 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed Luke 6:13 ἐκλεξάμενος aorist middle participle participle Luke 9:35 ἐκλελεγμένος perfect passive participle participle Luke 10:42 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed Luke 14:7 ἐξελέγοντο imperfect middle indicative background John 6:70 ἐξελεξάμην aorist middle indicative completed John 13:18 ἐξελεξάμην aorist middle indicative completed John 15:16 ἐξελέξασθε aorist middle indicative completed John 15:16 ἐξελεξάμην aorist middle indicative completed John 15:19 ἐξελεξάμην aorist middle indicative completed Acts 1:2 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 1:24 ἐξελέξω aorist middle indicative completed Acts 6:5 ἐξελέξαντο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 13:17 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 15:22 ἐκλεξαμένους aorist middle participle participle Acts 15:25 ἐκλεξαμένοις aorist middle participle participle Acts 15:7 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Corinthians 1:27 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Corinthians 1:27 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Corinthians 1:28 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed Ephesians 1:4 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed James 2:5 ἐξελέξατο aorist middle indicative completed
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)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain