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Strong's G138 · Greek

αἱρέομαι

haireomai · hahee-reh'-om-ahee

probably akin to 142; to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer


Scholarly Lexicons

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

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