King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1951
Transliteration: epilegō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-leg'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to call or name, to choose
Meaning: to call or name, to choose
ἐπιλέγω: (present passive participle ἐπιλεγόμενος); 1 aorist middle participle ἐπιλεξάμενος;
Word Summary
epilegō: to call or name, to choose
Original Word: ἐπιλέγωTransliteration: epilegō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-leg'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to call or name, to choose
Meaning: to call or name, to choose
Strong's Concordance
call, choose. Middle voice from epi and lego; to surname, select -- call, choose.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK lego
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1951: ἐπιλέγωἐπιλέγω: (present passive participle ἐπιλεγόμενος); 1 aorist middle participle ἐπιλεξάμενος;
1. to say besides (cf. ἐπί, D. 4) (Herodotus, et al.); to surname (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 b.): in passive John 5:2 (Tdf. τό λεγομένη), unless the meaning to name (put a name upon) be preferred here; cf. ἐπονομάζω.
2. to choose for (Herodotus and following; the Sept.); middle to choose for oneself: Acts 15:40 (2 Samuel 10:9; Herodotus 3, 157; Thucydides 7, 19; Diodorus 3, 73 (74); 14, 12; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4, and others).