STRONGS NUMBER G140


Word Summary
hairetizō: to choose
Original Word: αἱρετίζω
Transliteration: hairetizō
Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-ret-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choose
Meaning: to choose
Strong's Concordance
choose.

From a derivative of haireomai; to make a choice -- choose.

see GREEK haireomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 140: αἱρετίζω

αἱρετίζω: 1 aorist ᾑρέτισα (Treg. ᾑρέτισα, see Iota); (from αἱρετός, see αἱρέω); to choose: Matthew 12:18. (Often in the Sept. in O. T. Apocrypha and in ecclesiastical writings; the middle is found in Ctesias () Pers. § 9 (cf. Herodotus edition Schweig. 6:2, p. 354). Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 144.)