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Strong's Concordance
In the New Testament alone, the words elect, election, choose,
chosen are found over fifty times relating to God's act of choosing for
eternal salvation. The term "elect" was a favorite
description given to believers
during New Testament times, and this continued through the early
Church fathers. It's use is not restricted to church (the body
of Christ instituted on the Day of Pentecost) but is used
multiple times in both the Old and New Testament referring to the
nation Israel; believing Israel, the church, even
angels, Christ, and other specific individuals. Elect is not a technical term referring only to the
church, but all believers
of all time--and whatever God has chosen to be set aside for a particular
purpose.
Most importantly, election and choice are synonymous.
God electing someone means that God chose someone. Predestination simply
means that God choose that someone beforehand.
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<1586>
eklegomai |
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Book |
Oc. |
Choose |
Oc. |
Choose out |
Oc. |
Make choice |
Total |
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Mk |
1 |
13:20 |
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1 |
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Lk |
2 |
6:13; 10:42 |
1 |
14:7 |
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3 |
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Jn |
5 |
6:70; 13:18; 15:16,16,19 |
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5 |
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Ac |
6 |
1:2,24; 6:5; 13:17; 15:22,28 |
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1 |
15:7 |
7 |
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1Co |
3 |
1:27,27,28 |
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3 |
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Eph |
1 |
1:4 |
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|
1 |
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Jas |
1 |
2:5 |
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|
|
1 |
|
Total |
19 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
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21 |
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1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for
one’s self |
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1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his
disciples |
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1b) choosing one for an office |
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1c) of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his
favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own
and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight |
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1c1) i.e. the Israelites |
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1d) of God the Father choosing Christians, as those
whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself,
and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the
Messianic kingdom: (#Jas 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in
Christ and his merits only |
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<1588>
eklektos |
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Book |
Oc. |
elect |
Oc. |
chosen |
Total |
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Mat |
3 |
24:22,24,31 |
2 |
20:16; 22:14 |
5 |
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Mk |
3 |
13:20,22,27 |
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3 |
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Lk |
1 |
18:7 |
1 |
23:35 |
2 |
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Ro |
1 |
8:33 |
1 |
16;13 |
2 |
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Col |
1 |
3:12 |
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1 |
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1Tim |
1 |
5:21 |
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1 |
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2Tim |
1 |
2:10 |
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1 |
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Tit |
1 |
1:1 |
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1 |
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1Pt |
2 |
1:2; 2:6 |
2 |
2:4,9 |
4 |
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2Jn |
2 |
1:1,13 |
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2 |
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Rev |
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|
1 |
17:14 |
1 |
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Total |
16 |
|
7 |
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23 |
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1. picked out, chosen |
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1. chosen by God, |
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1. to obtain salvation through Christ |
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2. Christians are called "chosen or
elect" of God |
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3. the Messiah in called "elect", as
appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable |
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2. choice, select, i.e. the best of its
kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual
Christians |
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<1589>
ekloge |
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Book |
Oc. |
Election |
Oc. |
chosen |
Total |
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Act |
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1 |
9:15 |
1 |
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Ro |
4 |
9:11; 11:5,7,28 |
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4 |
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1Th |
1 |
1:4 |
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|
1 |
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2Pt |
1 |
1;10 |
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|
1 |
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Total |
6 |
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1 |
|
7 |
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1. the act of picking out, choosing |
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1.
of the act of
God’s free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his
blessings to certain persons |
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2. the decree made from choice by which he
determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone |
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2. a thing or person chosen |
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1. of persons: God’s elect |
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<4209>
prooridzo |
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Book |
Oc. |
Predestinate |
Oc. |
Determine before |
Oc. |
Ordain |
Total |
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Ac. |
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1 |
4:28 |
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1 |
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Ro. |
2 |
8:29,30 |
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2 |
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1Co. |
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1 |
2:7 |
1 |
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Eph. |
2 |
1:5,11 |
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2 |
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Total |
4 |
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1 |
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1 |
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6 |
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1. to predetermine predetermine, decide
beforehand |
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2. in the NT of God decreeing from eternity |
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3. to foreordain, appoint beforehand |
Acts 4:28
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be
done.
Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:30
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he
called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
1
Corinthians 4:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory
Ephesians
1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will
Ephesians
1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his
own will
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<4401> procheirotoneo |
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Book |
Oc. |
choose before |
Total |
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Ac. |
1 |
10:41 |
1 |
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Total |
1 |
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1 |
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1. to elect in advance--choose before;
designate beforehand |
Acts 10:41 Not to all the
people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and
drink with him after he rose from the dead.
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