Strong's Lexicon epilegó: To choose, to select, to call upon Original Word: ἐπιλέγω NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and legó Definition to call or name, to choose NASB Translation called (1), chose (1). 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). Middle voice from epi and lego; to surname, select -- call, choose. see GREEK epi see GREEK lego Englishman's Concordance John 5:2 V-PPM/P-NFSGRK: κολυμβήθρα ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἐβραϊστὶ Βηθζαθά NAS: [gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew KJV: which is called in the Hebrew tongue INT: a pool which [is] called in Aramaic Bethesda Acts 15:40 V-APM-NMS Strong's Greek 1951 |
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