Dictionary entry

ἐκλογή

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** 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 9:1111:5, 28; c. gen. pers., I Th 1:4, II Pe 1:10; by meton., ἡ ἐ. = οἱ ἐκλεκτοί, Ro 11:7.†