Strong's Greek #140 - αἱρετίζω hairetizó (to choose)

choose.

From a derivative of haireomai; to make a choice -- choose.

see GREEK haireomai

Strong's 140: αἱρετίζω

αἱρετίζω: 1 aorist ᾑρέτισα (Treg. ᾑρέτισα, see Iota); (from αἱρετός, see αἱρέω); to choose: Matthew 12:18. (Often in the Sept. in O. T. Apocrypha and in ecclesiastical writings; the middle is found in Ctesias () Pers. § 9 (cf. Herodotus edition Schweig. 6:2, p. 354). Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 144.)

Strong's Greek: 140. αἱρετίζω (hairetizó) — 1 Occurrence

Matthew 12:18 - V-AIA-1S
GRK: μου ὃν ᾑρέτισα ὁ ἀγαπητός
NAS: WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED
KJV: whom I have chosen; my
INT: of me whom I have chosen beloved