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).
STRONGS NT 138: αἱρέωαἱρέω, (ῶ: (thought by some to be akin to ἄγρα, ἀγρέω, χείρ, English grip, etc.; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. 1:131 — but see Curtius, § 117); to take. In the N. T. in the middle only: future αἱρήσομαι; 2 aorist εἱλόμην, but G L T Tr WH ἑιλάμην, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WHs Appendix, p. 165;) Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 a.; Buttmann, 40 (35), see ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning; (participle ἑλόμενος, Hebrews 11:25); to take for oneself, to choose, prefer: Philippians 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; μᾶλλον followed by infinitive with ἤ (common in Attic), Hebrews 11:25. (Compare: ἀναιρέω, ἀφαιρέω, διαιρέω, ἐξαιρέω, καθαιρέω, περιαιρέω, προαιρέω.)
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.
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