ἐκλογή: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἐκλογῆς, ἡ ([[ἐκλέγω]]), [[election]], [[choice]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> the [[act]] of picking [[out]], choosing: [[σκεῦος]] ἐκλογῆς (the genitive of [[quality]]; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34,3b.; (Buttmann, 161 (140f))), equivalent to ἐκλεκτόν, [[namely]], τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡ κατ' ἐκλογήν προφεσις, the [[decree]] made from [[choice]] (A. V. the [[purpose]] according to [[election]], cf. Winer's Grammar, 193 (182)), κατ' ἐκλογήν [[χάριτος]], according to an [[election]] [[which]] is [[due]] to [[grace]], or a [[gracious]] [[election]], the [[thing]] or [[person]] [[chosen]]: equivalent to ἐκλεκτοί, [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Polybius]], Diodorus, Josephus, [[Dionysius]] [[Halicarnassus]], others.)