{"def":{"short":"(divine) selection (abstractly or concretely)","long":["the act of picking out, choosing",["of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons","the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone"],"a thing or person chosen",["of persons: God's elect"]]},"deriv":"from G1586","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛk.loˈɣe","ipa_mod":"e̞k.lowˈɣe̞","sbl":"eklogē","dic":"ek-loh-GAY","dic_mod":"ake-loh-GAY"},"see":["G1586"]}