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title="139">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Concordance</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">haireó: to take, choose</span></div><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">αἱρέω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>haireó<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hahee-reh'-om-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Short Definition: </span>I choose, prefer<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>I choose, prefer.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>138</b> <i>hairéomai</i> (a primitive verb, always in the Greek middle voice) – properly, lay hold of by a <i>personal choice</i>.</p><p class="discovery">[The Greek <i>middle</i> voice emphasizes the <i>self-interest</i> of the one <i>preferring</i> (<i>deciding</i>) to grasp or take.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 138: αἱρέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">αἱρέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">(ῶ</span>: (thought by some to be akin to <span class="greek2">ἄγρα</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀγρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">χείρ</span>, English <span class="accented">grip,</span> etc.; cf. Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Lexil. 1:131 — but see <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 117); <span class="accented">to take</span>. In the N. T. in the middle only: future <span class="greek2">αἱρήσομαι</span>; 2 aorist <span class="greek2">εἱλόμην</span>, but <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">ἑιλάμην</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:13</a>, cf. (<span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 123; <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 165;) <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 13, 1 a.; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 40 (35), see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀπέρχομαι</span></span> at the beginning; (participle <span class="greek2">ἑλόμενος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-25.htm">Hebrews 11:25</a>); <span class="accented">to take for oneself, to choose, prefer</span>: <a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-22.htm">Philippians 1:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:13</a>; <span class="greek2">μᾶλλον</span> followed by infinitive with <span class="greek2">ἤ</span> (common in Attic), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-25.htm">Hebrews 11:25</a>. (Compare: <span class="greek2">ἀναιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀφαιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">διαιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">ἐξαιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">καθαιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">περιαιρέω</span>, <span class="greek2">προαιρέω</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>choose. <p>Probably akin to <a href="/greek/142.htm">airo</a>; to take for oneself, i.e. To prefer -- choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel'-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/142.htm">airo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>αιρείται αιρησομαι αιρήσομαι αἱρήσομαι ειλατο είλατό εἵλατο είλετο είλοντο είλου ελομενος ελόμενος ἑλόμενος ελώμεθα ηρείτο airesomai airēsomai eilato elomenos hairesomai hairēsomai hairḗsomai heilato heílato helomenos helómenos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/138.htm">Strong's Greek 138</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_138.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/aire_somai_138.htm">αἱρήσομαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/eilato_138.htm">εἵλατο — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/elomenos_138.htm">ἑλόμενος — 1 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/philippians/1-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 1:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular">V-FIM-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τί <b>αἱρήσομαι</b> οὐ γνωρίζω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">to choose.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> yet what <span class="itali">I shall choose</span> I wot not.<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/1-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and what <span class="itali">I will choose</span> not I know<p><b><a href="/text/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Thessalonians 2:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIM-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Κυρίου ὅτι <b>εἵλατο</b> ὑμᾶς ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_thessalonians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> God <span class="itali">has chosen</span> you from the beginning<br><a href="/kjvs/2_thessalonians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the beginning <span class="itali">chosen</span> you to<br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> [the] Lord that <span class="itali">chose</span> you<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/11-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 11:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-APM-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μᾶλλον <b>ἑλόμενος</b> συνκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">choosing</span> rather<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Choosing</span> rather to suffer affliction<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rather <span class="itali">having chosen</span> to suffer affliction with the<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_138.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/137.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="137"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="137" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/139.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="139"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="139" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>