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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 138. αἱρέομαι (haireó) -- To take, to choose, to prefer</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/138.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/8-27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/138.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 138</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/137.htm" title="137">◄</a> 138. haireó <a href="../greek/139.htm" 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 Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">haireó: To take, to choose, to prefer</span></div><p><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">Pronunciation: </span>hahee-reh'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hahee-reh'-om-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To take, to choose, to prefer<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I choose, prefer.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primary verb<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The concept of choosing is reflected in several Hebrew words, such as בָּחַר (bachar, Strong's H977), which means "to choose" or "to select."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb "haireó" primarily means "to take" or "to choose." It conveys the act of selecting or preferring something or someone over another. In the New Testament, it is often used in contexts where a choice or decision is made, whether by individuals or by God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of choice was significant in philosophical and ethical discussions. The ability to choose was often associated with moral responsibility and personal agency. In the Jewish context, choice was also a central theme, particularly in relation to God's covenant with Israel and the call to choose obedience to God's laws.<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">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. verb<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to take, choose<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>choose (1), choosing (1), chosen (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><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="/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/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></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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