- 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • choose, 1 Philippians 1:22 • Choosing, 1 Hebrews 11:25 • chosen, 1 2 Thessalonians 2:13