STRONGS G1951:
ἐπιλέγω: [present passive participle
ἐπιλεγόμενος]; 1 aorist middle participle
ἐπιλεξάμενος;
1. to say besides [cf.
ἐπί, D. 4] (Herodotus, and others.);
to surname (Plato, legg. 3, p. 700 b.): in passive
John 5:2 [
Tdf. τό λεγ.], unless the meaning
to name (put a name upon) be preferred here; cf.
ἐπονομάζω.
2. to choose for (Herodotus and following;
Sept.); middle
to choose for oneself:
Acts 15:40 (
2 Samuel 10:9; Herodotus 3, 157; Thucydides 7, 19; Diodorus 3, 73 (74); 14, 12; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4, and others).
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