Original Word: ἐπιλέγω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epilegó
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-leg'-om-ahee)
Definition: to call or name, to choose
Usage: I call; mid: I choose for myself; pass: I am named.Word Origin
from epi and legó
Definition
to call or name, to choose
NASB Translation
called (1), chose (1).

STRONGS NT 1951: ἐπιλέγω

ἐπιλέγω: (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).

call, choose.

Middle voice from epi and lego; to surname, select -- call, choose.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK lego

επελέξατο επέλεξε επιλέγεται επιλεγομενη επιλεγομένη ἐπιλεγομένη επιλεξαμενος επιλεξάμενος ἐπιλεξάμενος επιλεξάτωσαν επίλεξον επιλέξω epilegomene epilegomenē epilegoméne epilegoménē epilexamenos epilexámenosInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts