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eklektos

chosen, elect

Say it: ek-lek-TOS (approximate)

ἐκλεκτός

What it means

Chosen by God. In Mark it appears only in the discourse of chapter 13: for the sake of the elect the days are cut short, false prophets may try to lead them astray, and the Son of Man will gather them (13:20, 13:22, 13:27). It means God's own people, called and kept by him.

Range of meaning

  • ChosenSelected by God.
  • ChoiceExcellent, picked out.

In Mark

  • Chapter 13

    God's "elect," for whose sake the days are shortened (13:20, 13:22, 13:27).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G1588 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources