STRONGS G138:
αἱρέω,
-ῶ: [thought by some to be akin to
ἄγρα,
ἀγρέω,
χείρ, English
grip, etc.; cf.
Bttm. Lexil. 1:131 — but see Curtius, § 117];
to take. In the
N. T. in the middle only: future
αἱρήσομαι; 2 aorist
εἱλόμην, but G L T Tr WH
εἱλόμην,
2 Thessalonians 2:13, cf. [
Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WH's Appendix, p. 165;] Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 a.; Buttmann, 40 (35), see
ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning; [participle
ἑλόμενος,
Hebrews 11:25];
to take for oneself, to choose, prefer:
Philippians 1:22;
2 Thessalonians 2:13;
μᾶλλον followed by infinitive with
ἤ (common in Attic),
Hebrews 11:25.
[Compare:
ἀν-,
ἀφ-,
δι-,
ἐξ-,
καθ-,
περι-,
προαιρέω.]
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