Original: αἱρέομαι

Transliteration: hairéomai

Phonetic: hahee-reh'-om-ahee

Short Definition: Choose

- Original: αἱρέομαι

- Transliteration: Haireomai

- Phonetic: hahee-reh'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to take for oneself, to prefer, choose

2. to choose by vote, elect to office

- Origin: probably akin to G142

- TDNT entry: 04:00,3

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Probably akin to G142; to take for oneself that is to prefer. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate (ἕλλομαι hellomai) which is otherwise obsolete: - choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai hel-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.

Cognate: G1243, G1244, G139, G140, G141