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to take, choose Original Word: αἱρέομαιTransliteration: haireó Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-reh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: choose
a prim. verb Definition to take, choose NASB Word Usage choose (1), choosing (1), chosen (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably akin to airo; to take for oneself, i.e. To prefer -- choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel'-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete. see GREEK airo αἱρήσομαι (airēsomai) − 1 Occurrence εἵλατο (eilato) − 1 Occurrence ἑλόμενος (elomenos) − 1 Occurrence
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