ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή (Eklektos / Eklogē)

MEANINGElected/chosen (eklektos); election, selection (eklogē). The NT's primary election vocabulary. Derived from eklegō (to choose out, select).

GRAMMAREklektos: verbal adjective describing the chosen ones --- often collective (the elect). Eklogē: abstract noun for the act or state of election. Romans 9:11 uses eklogē in the context of Jacob/Esau --- the election of purpose (prothesis) that governs God's redemptive plan.

SIGNIFICANCEThe project reads eklektos/eklogē corporately: the elect is the body in Christ, and individuals are elect by being in Christ through faith. Romans 9:11's eklogē describes God's freedom in his redemptive purposes (using Jacob over Esau as nations), not individual pre-selection to eternal salvation.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESRomans 8:33 (God's elect/eklektoi); Romans 9:11 (eklogē --- election of purpose); Romans 11:5, 7, 28 (the remnant according to eklogē); 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:1.

CROSS-REFERENCESRomans 8:33 · Romans 9:11 · Romans 11:5-7 · βαχαρ bachar (Hebrew equivalent)