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Koine Greek wordlink #88735

SR GNT Acts 9:15 ἐκλογῆς (eklogaʸs) ‘be going because a vessel of choice is to me this man’ Strongs=15890 Lemma=eklogē
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=35 AD Event=Saul_is_converted TimeSeries=Saul_is_converted

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Only use of identical word form ἐκλογῆς (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκλογῆς’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘of choice’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eklogē’ have 3 different glosses: ‘the choice’, ‘of choice’, ‘choice’.

Greek words (6) other than ἐκλογῆς (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘choice’

ROM 9:11 ἐκλογήν (eklogaʸn) N-AFS ‘in_order_that the according_to choice purpose of god may_be remaining’ SR GNT Rom 9:11 word 14

OET-LV: 11 for/because not _yet having _been _born, nor having _done any good or bad, in _order _that the according _to choice purpose of_ the _god may _be _remaining, (ROM_9:11)

OET-RV: 11 Before they were born, and so before they could do anything good or bad, in order that God’s choice purpose would stand (ROM 9:11)

ROM 11:5 ἐκλογήν (eklogaʸn) N-AFS ‘time a remnant according_to the choice of grace has become’ SR GNT Rom 11:5 word 10

OET-LV: 5 Therefore thus also in the present time, a_remnant according _to the_choice of _grace has _become. (ROM_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 So too also at the present time, there’s a small proportion who’ve been chosen by God’s grace. (ROM 11:5)

ROM 11:7 ἐκλογή (eklogaʸ) N-NFS ‘it obtained the but the choice obtained it the and’ SR GNT Rom 11:7 word 13

OET-LV: 7 Therefore what? What is _seeking _after Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), this not it _obtained, but the the_choice obtained it, and the rest were _hardened, (ROM_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 What’s the conclusion then? The Israelis didn’t find what they were looking for. Only the chosen ones reaching it and the rest were hardened (ROM 11:7)

ROM 11:28 ἐκλογήν (eklogaʸn) N-AFS ‘concerning on_the_other_hand the choice beloved because_of the’ SR GNT Rom 11:28 word 11

OET-LV: 28 Concerning on _one _hand the good _message, enemies because _of you _all, on _the _other _hand concerning the choice, beloved because _of the fathers. (ROM_11:28)

OET-RV: 28 Concerning the good message, the Jews are enemies for your sake, but concerning being chosen, they are loved because of their ancestors, (ROM 11:28)

1 TH 1:4 ἐκλογήν (eklogaʸn) N-AFS ‘by god the choice of you_all’ SR GNT 1 Th 1:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 having _known, brothers having _been _loved by the god, the choice of _you _all, (TH1_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 Brothers and sisters, we know that you’re all loved by God—the one who chose you. (TH1 1:4)

2 PET 1:10 ἐκλογήν (eklogaʸn) N-AFS ‘the calling and choice to_be making these things for’ SR GNT 2 Pet 1:10 word 17

OET-LV: 10 Therefore brothers rather, be _earnest, to _be _making the calling and choice of _you _all confirmed, because/for practicing these things by _no _means you _all _may_ not _stumble once. (PE2_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 So then fellow Christians, work hard to make your calling and election certain—that way you will never fall away— (PE2 1:10)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular