elect

ELECT', verb transitive [Latin electus, from eligo; e or ex and lego; Gr. to choose.] 1. Properly, to pick out; to select from among two or more, that which is preferred. Hence, 2. To select or take for an office or employment; to choose from among a number; to select or manifest preference by vote or designation; as, to elect a representative by ballot or viva voce; to elect a president or governor. 3. In theology, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor. 4. To choose; to prefer; to determine in favor of. ELECT', adjective Chosen, taken by preference from among two or more. Hence, 1. In theology, chosen as the object of mercy; chosen, selected or designated to eternal life; predestinated in the divine counsels. 2. Chosen, but no inaugurated, consecrated or invested with office; as bishop elect; emperor elect; governor or mayor elect But in the scriptures, and in theology, this word is generally used as a noun. ELECT', noun One chosen or set apart; applied to Christ. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect in whom my soul delighteth. Isaiah 42:1. 1. Chosen or designated by God to salvation; predestinated to glory as the end, and to sanctification as the means; usually with a plural signification, the elect Shall not God avenge his own elect? Luke 18:7. If it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect Matthew 24:24. He shall send his angels--and they shall gather his elect from the four winds. Matthew 24:24. 2. Chosen; selected; set apart as a peculiar church and people; applied to the Israelites. Isaiah 45:4.