Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to call/choose
Usage: ἐπι-λέγω [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַר ;] __1. to say in addition (Hdt.). __2. to call by name, to call: Jhn.5:2. __3. to choose; mid., to choose for oneself: Act.15:40.† (AS)
Epilegomai means “call” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1951 — hun (“be ready”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1951 ἐπιλέγομαι (epilegomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epilegomai (ep-ee-leg'-om-ai) v. 1. to surname, select [middle voice from G1909 and G3004] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include called. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epilegomai (ep-ee-leg'-om-ai) v. 1. to surname, select [middle voice from G1909 and G3004] KJV: call, choose Root(s): G1909, G3004
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to call/choose
Usage: ἐπι-λέγω [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַר ;] __1. to say in addition (Hdt.). __2. to call by name, to call: Jhn.5:2. __3. to choose; mid., to choose for oneself: Act.15:40.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epilegomai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1951 (ἐπιλέγομαι) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalek tomorrow; and, behold, I shall stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand.
And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.
And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.
16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And Ezra the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
Then they chose out of them a hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
Then Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1951.
And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalek tomorrow; and, behold, I shall stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand.
And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.
And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.
And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out some of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria.
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night:
And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment, and let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
And Ezra the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
Then they chose out of them a hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
Then Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:
So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Gilead.
Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.
In consideration of these things, Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,
So when Jonathan heard these words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and choosing ten thousand men he went out of Jerusalem, where Simon his brother met him for to help him.
Nevertheless Jonathan, when he heard this, commanded to besiege it still: and he chose certain of the elders of Israel and the priests, and put himself in peril;
Now when Jonathan saw that the time served him, he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, for to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and sent them unto the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.
Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Beth-shan.
Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and the rest of the strongholds and forces, and all that have any charge: as for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming.
Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to King Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Trypho did was to spoil.
So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modein.
My son, gather instruction from thy youth up: So shalt thou find wisdom till thine old age.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1951, grouped by book.
Epilegomai (Strong's G1951) is a Greek word most simply glossed "call". epilegomai (ep-ee-leg'-om-ai) v. 1. to surname, select [middle voice from G1909 and G3004]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G1951 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1951 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as called. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1951, with linked reader references where each row is available.