- αἱρέω
- αἱρέω fut. mid. αἱρήσομαι; 2 aor. εἱλόμην and εἱλάμην 2 Th 2:13; Hs 5, 6, 6; α-forms in Tdf., W-H, M., Bov., N.; ο-forms in V., t.r.; s. also ἀν-, ἐξαιρέω (Hom.+).① act. take καρπὸν αἱρῶν if you pick fruit Dg 12:8 (text uncertain; s. Bihlmeyer ad loc.).② mid. (so exclus. in NT, Tat., Ath.) choose (s. Nägeli 19f) w. double acc. (Hdt. 1, 96; Jos., Ant. 9, 106) Hs 5, 6, 6. τινὰ εἴς τι someone for someth. 2 Th 2:13. W. acc. prefer (Diod S 17, 29, 3; 17, 48, 2; Jos., Bell. 6, 330) Phil 1:22; likew. μᾶλλον αἱ. w. inf. foll. and ἤ w. inf. (Pla., Ap. 38e; Diod S 11, 11, 1 μᾶλλον εἵλοντο τελευτᾶν ἢ ζῆν; Περὶ ὕψους 33, 5; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 117 §491) Hb 11:25.—B. 743. DELG. M-M. TW.
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