Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
αἱρέω (G138)
3 αἱρέω , [in LXX for אמר hi., בּחר , etc.;] to take ; Mid., -ομαι (M, Pr ., 158 f.; MM, VGT , s.v.), to choose : Phl 1:22 , II Th 2:13 , He 11:25 . (Cf. ἀν- , ἀφ- , δι- , ἐξ- , καθ- , περι- , προ-αιρέω .)†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain