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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #138 - αἱρέομαι

Transliteration

hairéomai

Phonetics

hahee-reh'-om-ahee

Root Word (Etymology)

probably akin to (G142)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:180,27

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to take for oneself, to prefer, choose
to choose by vote, elect to office

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar'); 977 ‑ בָּחַר (baw‑khar'); 2654 ‑ חָפֵץ (khaw‑fates'); 2836 ‑ חָשַׁק (khaw‑shak'); 5186 ‑ נָטָה (naw‑taw'); 5493 ‑ שׂוּר (soor, soor);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 1

NAS (3)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

HCS (3)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (3)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (3)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

WEB (4)

Philippians 1

2 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 1

KJV (4)

Choosing 1

choose 1

chosen 1

hath 1

NAS (3)

choose 1

choosing 1

chosen 1

HCS (3)

I should choose 1

and chose 1

has chosen 1

BSB (3)

He chose 1

has chosen 1

shall I choose 1

ESV (3)

choose 1

choosing 1

chose 1

WEB (4)

I will choose 1

choosing 1

chose 1

nbsp 1

RAH

V-AMD2P 1

V-AMI2S 2

V-AMI3P 1

V-AMI3S 1

V-AMS1P 1

V-IMI3S 1

V-PMI3S 1

ANT

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

BEZ

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

BGB

V-AIM-3S 1

V-APM-NMS 1

V-FIM-1S 1

BMT

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

BYZ

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

ELZ

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

NA26

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMPNSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

SBL

V-1FMIS 1

V-3AMIS 1

V-AMPNSM 1

SCV

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

STV

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

TIS

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-FMI-1S 1

V-2AMI-3S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-FMI-1S 1

V-2AMP-NSM 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-FMI-1S 1

Thayer's Expanded Definition

αἱρέω, (ῶ: (thought by some to be akin to ἄγρα, ἀγρέω, χείρ, English grip, etc.; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. 1:131 — but see Curtius, § 117); to take. In the N. T. in the middle only: future αἱρήσομαι; 2 aorist εἱλόμην, but G L T Tr WH ἑιλάμην, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WHs Appendix, p. 165;) Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 a.; Buttmann, 40 (35), see ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning; (participle ἑλόμενος, Hebrews 11:25); to take for oneself, to choose, prefer: Philippians 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; μᾶλλον followed by infinitive with ἤ (common in Attic), Hebrews 11:25. (Compare: ἀναιρέω, ἀφαιρέω, διαιρέω, ἐξαιρέω, καθαιρέω, περιαιρέω, προαιρέω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

αἱρέω ,

[in LXX for H559 hi., H977, etc.;]

to take; Mid., -ομαι (M, Pr., 158 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.),

to choose: Philippians 1:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 11:25.

(ἀν -, ἀφ -, δι -, ἐξ -, καθ -, περι -, προ -αιρέω .)†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The middle usage of this word, which alone occurs in the NT, may be illustrated from P Par 26.51 (B.C. 163–2) ( = Selections, p. 18) ὑμῖν δὲ γίνοιτο κρατεῖν πάσης ἧς ἂν αἱρῆσθε χώρας, P Lips I. 104.13 (c. B.C. 96–5) περὶ ὧν ἂν αἱρῆσθε γράφετέ μοι, P Oxy III. 489.4 (a will, A.D. 117) καθ᾽ ὃν ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι [τρόπον ], P Ryl II. 153.43 (A.D. 138–61) κ ]ύριος γὰρ ὢν τῶν ἰδίων οὕτως ἥρημαι διατέσθαι, P Tebt II. 319.20 (A.D. 248) ὃ ἐὰν αἱρῆται, and so frequently. It is a sign of the gradual disappearance of the subtler meanings of the middle, that so early as B.C. 95 we find ἐὰν αἱρῆτε and ἐὰν αἱρεῖσθε used side by side for ";if you like,"; P Grenf II. 36.14, .18 : see further Prolegomena, p. 159. For other uses of the active cf. P Fay 34.14 (A.D. 161) τὸ αἱροῦν ἐξ ἴσου, ";equal instalments,"; the same in ib. 93.17 (A.D. 161), P Oxy III. 502.28 (A.D. 164) τὰς αἱρούσας τῶν ἐνοικίων δραχμὰς ἑκατόν, ";the proportionate amount of the rent, 100 drachmae"; (Edd.), BGU II. 405.10 (A.D. 348) πέπρακα εἰς τὸ ἑροῦν (i.e. αἱροῦν) μοι μέρος.

List of Word Forms

αιρείται αιρησομαι αιρήσομαι αἱρήσομαι ειλατο είλατό εἵλατο είλετο είλοντο είλου ελομενος ελόμενος ἑλόμενος ελώμεθα ηρείτο airesomai airēsomai eilato elomenos hairesomai hairēsomai hairḗsomai heilato heílato helomenos helómenos