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in Christ as His “chosen.”¶ It is frequent in the Sept., e.g., Gen. 30:20; Num. 14:8; Ps.
25:12; 119:30, 173; 132:13-14; Hos. 4:18; Hag. 2:23 (“he hath chosen the Canaanites”),
Zech. 1:17; 2:12; Mal. 3:17.
5.
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, 5500); see
APPOINT
, No. 11.
6.
(
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, 4401) signifies “to choose before,” Acts 10:41,
where it is used of a choice made before by God.¶
Notes:
(1) For
see
APPOINT
, No. 12.
(2)
-
, in 2 Tim. 2:4 (
KJV
, “chosen to be a soldier”), signifies to enroll as a
soldier (
RV
). See
SOLDIER
.
B. Adjective.
(
#
, 1588), akin to A, No. 1, signifies “chosen out, select,” e.g., Matt.
22:14; Luke 23:35; Rom. 16:13 (perhaps in the sense of “eminent”), Rev. 17:14. In 1 Pet.
2:4, 9, the
RV
translates it “elect.” See
ELECT
.
C. Noun.
(
#
)
, 1589), akin to A, No. 1 and B, “a picking out, choosing” (Eng.,
“eclogue”), is translated “chosen” in Acts 9:15, lit., “he is a vessel of choice unto Me.” In
the six other places where this word is found it is translated “election.” See
ELECTION
.
CHRIST
(
I$
, 5547), “anointed,” translates, in the Sept., the word “Messiah,” a
term applied to the priests who were anointed with the holy oil, particularly the high
priest, e.g., Lev. 4:3, 5, 16. The prophets are called
$
, “the anointed of
God,” Ps. 105:15. A king of Israel was described upon occasion as
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,
“the anointed of the Lord,” 1 Sam. 2:10, 35; 2 Sam. 1:14; Ps. 2:2; 18:50; Hab. 3:13; the
term is used even of Cyrus, Isa. 45:1.
The title
)
, “the Christ,” is not used of Christ in the Sept. version of the
inspired books of the OT. In the NT the word is frequently used with the article, of the
Lord Jesus, as an appellative rather than a title, e.g., Matt. 2:4; Acts 2:31; without the
article, Luke 2:11; 23:2; John 1:41. Three times the title was expressly accepted by the
Lord Himself, Matt. 16:17; Mark 14:61-62; John 4:26.
It is added as an appellative to the proper name “Jesus,” e.g., John 17:3, the only time
when the Lord so spoke of Himself; Acts 9:34; 1 Cor. 3:11; 1 John 5:6. It is distinctly a
proper name in many passages, whether with the article, e.g., Matt. 1:17; 11:2; Rom. 7:4,
9:5; 15:19; 1 Cor. 1:6, or without the article, Mark 9:41; Rom. 6:4; 8:9, 17; 1 Cor. 1:12;
Gal. 2:16. The single title Christos is sometimes used without the article to signify the
One who by His Holy Spirit and power indwells believers and molds their character in
conformity to His likeness, Rom. 8:10; Gal. 2:20; 4:19; Eph. 3:17. As to the use or
absence of the article, the title with the article specifies the Lord Jesus as “the Christ”; the
title without the article stresses His character and His relationship with believers. Again,
speaking generally, when the title is the subject of a sentence it has the article; when it
forms part of the predicate the article is absent. See also
JESUS
.
CHRISTS (FALSE)