ἐκ-λέγω
[in LXX chiefly for בָּחַר;]
to pick out, choose. In NT always mid. (exc. Lk 9:35, ἐκλελεγμένος, WH, ἀγαπητός, R, mg.), to pick out for oneself, choose(cf. M, Pr., 157 f.): c. acc rei, Lk 10:4214:7; c. acc pers., Ac 6:515:22, 25; of Christ (v. supr.), Lk 9:35; of Christ's choice of disciples, Lk 6:13, Jo 6:7013:1815:16, 19Ac 1:2; of the Divine choice: of persons, Mk 13:20, Ac 1:2413:1715:7, Eph 1:4, Ja 2:5; of things, I Co 1:27, 28 (Cremer, 402, 773).†