Word: eklogh

Pronounce: ek-log-ay'

Strongs Number: G1589

Orig: from 1586; (divine) selection (abstractly or concretely):--chosen, election. G1586

Use: TDNT-4:176,505 Noun Feminine

Heb Strong:

1) the act of picking out, choosing
1a) of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons
1b) the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone
2) a thing or person chosen
2a) of persons: God's elect