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G1588ἐκλεκτόςeklektos

selectPart of speech: Greek Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. John: 0
  5. Acts: 0
  6. 2
  7. 1 Corinthians: 0
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. 1
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. 1
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 4
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. 1

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24 occurrences in 24 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Matthew 20:16

    So the last will be first, and the first last.

    ἐκλεκτοί. eklektoi “chosen.”

  2. Matthew 22:14

    For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.

    ἐκλεκτοί. eklektoi “chosen.”

  3. Matthew 24:22

    And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

    ἐκλεκτοὺς eklektous “elect”

  4. Matthew 24:24

    For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

    ἐκλεκτούς. eklektous “elect.”

  5. Matthew 24:31

    And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

    ἐκλεκτοὺς eklektous “elect”

  6. Mark 13:20

    And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

    ἐκλεκτοὺς eklektous “elect”

  7. Mark 13:22

    Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

    ἐκλεκτούς. eklektous “elect.”

  8. Mark 13:27

    And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

    ἐκλεκτοὺς eklektous “elect”

  9. Luke 14:24

    For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

    ἐκλεκτοί. eklektoi “chosen.”

  10. Luke 18:7

    And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

    ἐκλεκτῶν eklektōn “elect”

  11. Luke 23:35

    And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

    ἐκλεκτός. eklektos “Chosen [One].”

  12. Romans 8:33

    Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;

    ἐκλεκτῶν eklektōn “[the] elect”

  13. Romans 16:13

    Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.

    ἐκλεκτὸν eklekton “chosen”

  14. Colossians 3:12

    As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

    ἐκλεκτοὶ eklektoi “[the] elect”

  15. 1 Timothy 5:21

    I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

    ἐκλεκτῶν eklektōn “elect”

  16. 2 Timothy 2:10

    But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

    ἐκλεκτούς, eklektous “elect,”

  17. Titus 1:1

    Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

    ἐκλεκτῶν eklektōn “of [the] elect”

  18. 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

    ἐκλεκτοῖς eklektois “To [the] elect”

  19. 1 Peter 2:4

    To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

    ἐκλεκτὸν eklekton “chosen”

  20. 1 Peter 2:6

    Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

    ἐκλεκτὸν eklekton “a chosen”

  21. 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

    ἐκλεκτόν, eklekton “chosen,”

  22. 2 John 1:1

    I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

    ἐκλεκτῇ eklektēa “To [the] elect”

  23. 2 John 1:13

    The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

    ἐκλεκτῆς eklektēs “elect”

  24. Revelation 17:14

    These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

    ἐκλεκτοὶ eklektoi “chosen”