ἐπιλέγω: (present passive participle ἐπιλεγόμενος); 1 aorist middle participle ἐπιλεξάμενος; 1. to say besides (cf. ἐπί, D. 4) (Herodotus, et al.); to surname (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 b.): in passive Joh_5:2 (Tdf. τό λεγομένη), unless the meaning to name (put a name upon) be preferred here; cf. ἐπονομάζω. 2. to choose for (Herodotus and following; the Sept.); middle to choose for oneself: Act_15:40 (2Sa_10:9; Herodotus 3, 157; Thucydides 7, 19; Diodorus 3, 73 (74); 14, 12; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4, and others).

ἐπιλέγω epilegō 2x to call, Joh_5:2 ; mid. to select for one s self, choose, Act_15:40

ἐπι -λέγω , [in LXX chiefly for H977 ;] 1. to say in addition ( Hdt .). 2. to call by name, to call: Joh_5:2 . 3. to choose; mid ., to choose for oneself: Act_15:40 .†

ἐπιλέγω (~ ἐπιλέγομαι ) [page 241] For this verb in its original meaning cf. P Leid W vi. 25 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐπιλέγων τὸ ὄνομα , insuper pronuntians nomen. The sense of choose, as in Act_15:40 , appears in P Petr II. 40( a ) .16 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 41) καὶ οἱ [κ ]υνηγοὶ ἐπιλελεγμένοι εἰ [σὶν οἱ ] μέλ [λο ]ντες παραγενέσθ [αι με ]τὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ , P Hib I. 78 .12 (B.C. 244 3) ἐὰν ἐκ τοῦ Ὀξυρυγ [χ ]ίτου ἐπιλέγωνται , if people are being chosen from the Oxyrhynchite nome, P Oxy IX. 1210 .4 (i/B.C. i/A.D.) ἐπιλελεγμένων ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων εἰς γηροβοσκίαν ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἔχουσι υἱῶν , men chosen by the parents from their sons to support them in old age (Ed.). See also OGIS 383 .70 (mid. i/B.C.) θεραπείαν τε ἀνέγλειπτον καὶ ἱερεῖς ἐπιλέξας σὺν πρεπούσαις ἐσθῆσι Περσικῶι γένει κατέστησα , and for ἐπίλεκτος , which is fairly frequent in the LXX, cf. ib. 48 .14 (iii/B.C.) εἶτα ] καὶ ἐψηφίσαν [το ] ἐξ ἐπιλέκτων ἀνδρῶν τὴν βουλὴν [καὶ τὰ ] δικαστή [ρια αἱρεῖσ ]θαι , and P Par 63 .21, .196 (B.C. 165) with reference to picked troops.

ἐπι-λέγω [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַר ;] __1. to say in addition (Hdt.). __2. to call by name, to call: Jhn.5:2. __3. to choose; mid., to choose for oneself: Act.15:40.† (AS)