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.
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Joh 3:23¶ And John also was baptizing in AEnonG137 near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.