Word Summary
hairetizō: to choose
Original Word: αἱρετίζωTransliteration: hairetizō
Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-ret-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to choose
Meaning: to choose
Strong's Concordance
choose.
From a derivative of haireomai; to make a choice -- choose.
see GREEK haireomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 140: αἱρετίζωαἱρετίζω: 1 aorist
ᾑρέτισα (
Treg. ᾑρέτισα, see Iota); (from
αἱρετός, see
αἱρέω);
to choose:
Matthew 12:18. (Often in the
Sept. in O. T. Apocrypha and in ecclesiastical writings; the middle is found in
Ctesias (
) Pers. § 9 (cf. Herodotus edition Schweig. 6:2, p. 354). Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 144.)