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eklegomai

eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee}
Greek: verb

Possible Definitions:
1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self;
1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples
1b) choosing one for an office
1c) of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight; i.e. the Israelites
1d) of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (James 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only. Q19 Did God leave all mankind to perish in the state of sin and misery? A. God, having, out of His good pleasure from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life (2 Th 2:13, Eph. 1:4), did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the state of sin and misery, and to bring them into a state of salvation by a Redeemer. (Rom. 5:21)
(A Baptist Catechism, C.H. Spurgeon)

eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee}

Greek: verb

middle voice from 1537 and 3004 (in its primary sense);

Translated as:

choose (19 times)

choose out (1 time)

make choice (1 time)

Total: 21 times

Strong's Number 1586

TDNT - 4:69,505