haireó
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138. haireó

haireó: to take, choose
Original Word: αἱρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: haireó
Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-reh'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I choose, prefer
Definition: I choose, prefer.

138 hairéomai (a primitive verb, always in the Greek middle voice) – properly, lay hold of by a personal choice.

[The Greek middle voice emphasizes the self-interest of the one preferring (deciding) to grasp or take.]

Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to take, choose
NASB Word Usage
choose (1), choosing (1), chosen (1).

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choose.

Probably akin to airo; to take for oneself, i.e. To prefer -- choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel'-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.

see GREEK airo

αἰνέσεως — 1 Occ.
αἰνεῖν — 1 Occ.
Αἰνεῖτε — 2 Occ.
αἰνῶν — 1 Occ.
αἰνοῦντα — 1 Occ.
αἰνοῦντες — 2 Occ.
αἰνούντων — 1 Occ.
αἰνίγματι — 1 Occ.
αἶνον — 2 Occ.
Αἰνὼν — 1 Occ.
εἵλατο — 1 Occ.
ἑλόμενος — 1 Occ.
αἱρέσεις — 3 Occ.
αἱρέσεως — 3 Occ.
αἵρεσιν — 2 Occ.
αἵρεσις — 1 Occ.
ᾑρέτισα — 1 Occ.
αἱρετικὸν — 1 Occ.
Αἶρε — 3 Occ.
αἴρει — 8 Occ.


Strong's Greek 138
3 Occurrences


αἱρήσομαι — 1 Occ.
εἵλατο — 1 Occ.
ἑλόμενος — 1 Occ.

Philippians 1:22 V-FIM-1S
BIB: καὶ τί αἱρήσομαι οὐ γνωρίζω
NAS: which to choose.
KJV: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
INT: and what I will choose not I know

2 Thessalonians 2:13 V-AIM-3S
BIB: Κυρίου ὅτι εἵλατο ὑμᾶς ὁ
NAS: God has chosen you from the beginning
KJV: from the beginning chosen you to
INT: [the] Lord that chose you

Hebrews 11:25 V-APM-NMS
BIB: μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συνκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ
NAS: choosing rather
KJV: Choosing rather to suffer affliction
INT: rather having chosen to suffer affliction with the

3 Occurrences


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