ἐπιλέγομαι
epilégomai · G1951 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to call, to name
To speak of a person or object by means of a proper name
ExamplesJohn 5:2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.
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to choose, to select
To choose for a particular purpose
ExamplesActs 15:40 But Paul chose Silas, and left after being entrusted by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ΣίλαςSilas 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κολυμβήθραpool (primarily used for bathing) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To choose, to select30.88
- Acts 15:40 records that “Paul chose Silas, and left after being entrusted by the brothers to the grace of the Lord,” ἐπιλέγομαι marking Paul's deliberate selection of a new traveling companion.
- To call, to name33.129
- John 5:2 describes a Jerusalem pool “which in Hebrew is called Bethesda,” ἐπιλέγομαι marking the act of applying that particular name to the pool.
Word family 39 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (present passive participle ἐπιλεγόμενος); 1 aorist middle participle ἐπιλεξάμενος; 1.…
1. to say besides (cf. ἐπί, D. 4) (Herodotus, et al.); to surname (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 b.): in passive Jn 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 Sam 10:9; Herodotus 3, 157; Thucydides 7, 19; Diodorus 3, 73 (74); 14, 12; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4, and others).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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