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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G138 - Hath

Strong's No.:G138

Greek:αἱρέομαι

Transliteration:aihreomai

Phonetic:hahee-reh'-om-ahee

Word Origin:Probably akin to G142

Bible Usage:choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to take for oneself that is to prefer . Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate (ἕλλομαι hellomai) which is otherwise obsolete


Thayers
Definition:

1. to take for oneself, to prefer, choose

2. to choose by vote, elect to office


Translation
Occurrences:
choose ( 1 )
Choosing ( 1 )
chosen ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.