ἐξελέξατο (exelexato)

ἐξελέξατο is an Ancient Greek form of ἐκλέγω, meaning “pick out”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist middle indicative.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Mark 13.20: καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσεν Κύριος τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας.

John of Damascus, Saint, Vita Barlaam et Joasaph 39.351: … , Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλῖψιν ἕξετε, λέγοντος· ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε· ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον. διὸ χαῖρε ἐν Κυρίῳ πάντοτε, ὅτι ἐξελέξατό σε καὶ διεχώρισεν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ ἔθετο ὡς ἐν προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ. αὐτὸς δέ, ὁ καλέσας σε κλήσει ἁγίᾳ, ἐγγύς ἐστ …

All forms of ἐκλέγω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.