{"def":{"short":"select; by implication, favorite","long":["picked out, chosen",["chosen by God,",["to obtain salvation through Christ",["Christians are called \"chosen or elect\" of God"],"the Messiah in called \"elect\", as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable","choice, select, i.e., the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians"]]]},"deriv":"from G1586","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛk.lɛkˈtos","ipa_mod":"e̞k.le̞kˈtows","sbl":"eklektos","dic":"ek-lek-TOSE","dic_mod":"ake-lake-TOSE"},"see":["G1586"]}