ἐκλογή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐκλέγω), election, choice ; a. the act of picking out, choosing: σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς (gen. of quality ; ef. W. § 34, 3 b.; [B.161 (140 sq.) ]), 1. q. ἐκλεκτόν, se. τοῦ θεοῦ, Acts ix. 15; spec. used of ‘that act of God’s free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons ;—7 κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, the decree made from choice [ A. V. the purpose ace. to election, cf. W. 193 (182)], Ro. ix. 11 (ef. Fritzsche ad loc. p. 298 sqq.) ;— particularly that by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ, Ro. xi. 28; κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν χάριτος. according to an election which is due to grace, or a gracious election, Ro. xi. 5; with gen. of the pers. elected, 1 Th. i. 4; 2 Pet. i. 10. Ὁ. the thing or person chosen: i. q. ἐκλεκτοί, Ro. xi. 7. (Plat., Aristot., Polyb., Diod., Joseph., Dion. Hal., al.)

ἐκλογή eklogē 7x

the act of choosing out, election; in NT election to privilege by divine grace, Rom. 9:11; 11:5, 28; 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Pet. 1:10; ἡ ἐκλογή, the elect, Rom. 11:7; ἐκλογῆς, equivalent to ἐκλεκτόν, by Hebraism, Acts 9:15*

** ἐκλογή, ῆς ἡ

(< ἐκλέγω), [in Aq.: Is 22:7; Sm., Th.: Is 37:24 * ;]

a choice, selection; in NT, always of the Divine choice (EV, election): σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, gen. qual., a chosen vessel; κατ ἐ., Ro 9:11 11:5, 28; c. gen. pers., I Th 1:4, II Pe 1:10; by meton., ἡ ἐ. = οἱ ἐκλεκτοί, Ro 11:7.†

ἐκλογή. In the Royal Ordinances issued by Euergetes II. and the two Cleopatras, P Tebt I. 518° (8.6. 118), it is enacted that officials are not to take the richest Crown land from the cultivators by fraud μηδὲ ἐπὶ ἐγλογῆι γεωργεῖν, “ΠΟΥ to cultivate it at choice,’’ i.e. select the best land for themselves. Similarly in the marriage contract, P Oxy III. 496'® (A.D. 127), provision is made that in certain eventualities the ‘choice ’’ shall rest with the bride—ékAoyfjs οὔσης περὶ τὴν γαμουμένην : so 70. 497! (early ii/a.p.), 76. IV. 7205 (A.D. 137), CPRI. 2239 (ii/a.p.). Cf. BGU IV. 115813 (B.c. 9) where two contracting parties retain τὴν ἐξουσία(ν) Kal ἐγλογὴ(ν) . . . πράσσειν Td κεφά[λ]αιο(ν), “the power and choice to call in the principal.” In P Flor I. 47%4 (A.D. 213-17) (= Chrest. Il. p. 758) améoyev . . . ὑπὲρ ἐκλογῆς apy(vplov) (δραχμὰς) διακοσίας, the reference is to an ‘‘additional payment ’’ made to equalize an exchange of property: cf. BGU IV. 1013!® (time of Claudius or Nero), P Ryl 11. 1578 (a.p. 135). [Cf. ἡ ἔγλογος = ‘‘ the surplus,” Wilcken ΟΖ» i. p. 733-] The word occurs in an interesting connexion in the epitaph of M. Julius Eugenius, Bishop of Laodicea, composed about A.D. 340-2, where Ramsay (ΖΞ VII. ix. p. 53) reads εἰς τύμβον ἐ]μὸν τῆς τε ἐκλ[ογῆς ἀπ]ὸ τοῦ γένους pov, ‘‘to be my grave and that of the Elect from my race”: cf. Rom 117. ‘‘ He belonged to a family some of whose members were still pagan; and he restricted the right of sharing this sepulchre to those members who were Christian.” In the sepulchral inser. Pre/sigke 43158 ᾿Εἰκλογὴ καλουμένη, the word is a proper name.

ἐκλογή (eklogē) — selecting. ἐκλογ-ή, ἡ, choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. levying of troops, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

3. collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Legal Attica cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σίτου Cratesap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. Theol., election[NT], etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς [NT]

5. balancing of accounts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. extract, quotation from a book, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.2. choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or 'Elegant Extracts' of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II.4. ἐκλογήν· κάλαθον (Laconian dialect), [Refs 5th c.AD+]