verb
hairetizamō
Strong’sG140
I choose
stem hairetiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
αἱρετίζω,
[in LXX chiefly for בּחר (v. Cremer, 615);] = αἱρέομαι (Hipp., Inscr.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G140 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhahee-ret-id'-zo
to make a choice
Fromfrom a derivative of G138;
King Jameschoose.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ιῶLXX, choose, τινά Comedy texts cited in Phot.LXX+5th c.BC+ adoptive father, Refs:—middle, LXX+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hairetizamaᾑρέτισα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | chosen | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hairetizamō | hairetizame | hairetizami | hairetizama1×ᾑρέτισα | hairetizamē | hairetizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hairetizasō | hairetizase | hairetizasi | hairetizasa | hairetizasē | hairetizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hairetizatō | hairetizate | hairetizati | hairetizata | hairetizatē | hairetizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hairetizanō | hairetizane | hairetizani | hairetizana | hairetizanē | hairetizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hairetizavō | hairetizave | hairetizavi | hairetizava | hairetizavē | hairetizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hairetizalō | hairetizale | hairetizali | hairetizala | hairetizalē | hairetizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hairetizameiō | hairetizameia | hairetizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hairetizaseiō | hairetizaseia | hairetizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hairetizateiō | hairetizateia | hairetizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hairetizaneiō | hairetizaneia | hairetizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hairetizaveiō | hairetizaveia | hairetizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hairetizaleiō | hairetizaleia | hairetizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hairetizasōr | hairetizasar | hairetizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hairetizatōr | hairetizatar | hairetizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hairetizavōr | hairetizavar | hairetizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hairetizalōr | hairetizalar | hairetizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hairetizamoiō | hairetizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hairetizasoiō | hairetizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hairetizatoiō | hairetizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hairetizanoiō | hairetizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hairetizavoiō | hairetizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hairetizaloiō | hairetizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hairetizarō | hairetizari | hairetizara | hairetizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hairetizarōntos | hairetizarintos | hairetizarantos | hairetizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hairetiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hairetizama“chosen”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×
Matthew 12:18Idou tos paidos mu hon hairetizama, tos agapētos mu eis hon eudokata …… is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul …