The corpus record

ἐκλεκτ-ός

eklektos

picked out, select

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Where it lives

2 John 2 · 82.64/10k
1 Peter 4 · 23.2/10k
Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
Canticum 3 · 15.42/10k
Lamentationes 3 · 12.88/10k
Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Isaias 12 · 4.57/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 3 · 4.35/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκλεκτ-ός · eklekt-os — LSJ

picked out, select

picked out, select, Ibyc. 22, Th. 6.100; τὸ τῶν ἐ. δικαστήριον Pl. Lg. 938b; ἐ. δικασταί,=Lat. iudices selecti, OGI 499.3 (ii A.D.). Adv. -τῶς interpol. in Suid. s.v. ἐπίλεκτος.

2 choice, pure, corn

choice, pure, σμύρνη LXX Ex. 30.23; βοήθημα Asclep. ap. Aët. 9.12; ἀνδρών PRein. 43.9 (ii A.D.); ἐκλεκτόν,= corn, Aq. Ps. 64(65).14.

II chosen of God, elect

chosen of God, elect, LXX Is. 43.20, Ev.Marc. 13.20, etc.

In the wild

ἐκλεκτοῖς · eklektois New Testament, 1 Peter 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1)
ἐκλεκτὸν · eklekton New Testament, 1 Peter 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 22)
ἐκλεκτὸν · eklekton New Testament, 1 Peter 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 23)
ἐκλεκτόν · eklekton New Testament, 1 Peter 2.9 (DIORISIS sentence 28)
ἐκλεκτῶν · eklektōn New Testament, 1 Timothy 5.21 (DIORISIS sentence 72)
ἐκλεκτῆς · eklektēs New Testament, 2 John 13

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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