ή, όν :
   I choisi, THC. 6, 100 ; PLAT. Leg. 938 b ; t. eccl. choisi de Dieu, SPT. Esaï. 43, 20 ; Ps. 105, 4 ; Sap. 3, 9, etc. ; NT. Matth. 20, 16 ; 24, 31 ; Marc. 13, 20 ; 22, 27 ; Luc. 18, 7 ; 23, 35 ; subst. οἱ ἐκλεκτοί σου, SPT. Tob. 8, 15, tes élus ;
   II p. suite :
      1 remarquable (par sa beauté, son parfum, etc.), d’où précieux, SPT. 2Esdr. 5, 8, Ex. 30, 23 ;
      2 d’un caractère particulier, STR. 59.

Étym. vb. de ἐκλέγω.

ή, όν, picked out, select, Ibyc. 22, Th. 6.100; τὸ τῶν ἐ. δικαστήριον Pl. Lg. 938b; ἐ. δικασταί, = Lat. iudices selecti, OGI 499.3 (ii AD). Adv. -τῶς interpol. in Suid. s.v. ἐπίλεκτος.
choice, pure, σμύρνη LXX Ex. 30.23; βοήθημα Asclep. ap. Aët. 9.12; ἀνδρών PRein. 43.9 (ii AD); ἐκλεκτόν, = corn, Aq. Ps. 64 (65).14.
chosen of God, elect, LXX Is. 43.20, Ev. Marc. 13.20, etc.

auserlesen, Plat. u. A.

ἐκ-λεκτός, -ή, -όν
(< ἐκλέγω), [in LXX for בָּחַר (so prob. in Isa.28:16, Pro.17:3, for MT בָּחַן), בָּרִיא, etc. ;]
__1. choice, select (cl., rarely; Thuc., Plat., al.), hence, eminent: Rom.16:13 (cf. Eze.27:24).
__2. As in Inscr. (MM, Exp., xii), chosen; esp. as in LXX, of Israel, elect, chosen of God (Isa.65:9, Psa.105:43, al.); so in NT;
__(a) of Christ: Luk.23:35 (cf. Isa.42:1); figuratively, λίθος, 1Pe.2:4-6 (LXX);
__(b) of holy angels: 1Ti.5:21;
__(with) of Christians: Mat.24:22, 24, Mrk.13:20, 22 13:27, 2Ti.2:10, 1Pe.1:1; τ. θεοῦ, Luk.18:7, Rom.8:33, Col.3:12, Tit.1:1; τ. Χριστοῦ, Mat.24:31; ἐ. κυρία, II Jn 1; ἀδελφή, II Jn 13; γένος, 1Pe.2:9 (LXX); κλητοὶ καὶ ἐ. κ. πιστοί, Rev.17:14; opp. to κλητός (not so in Epp.; see Lft. on Col.3:12), Mat.20:16 (T, WH, txt., R, omit) Mat.22:14 (Cremer, 405, 775).†
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