G138
αἱρέομαι
aihreomai
hahee-reh‘-om-ahee
Probably akin to 142 to take for oneself, that is, to prefer. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate ( ἕλλομαι h ellomai ), which is otherwise obsolete: - choose. Some of the forms are borrowed from a cognate hellomai, hel-lom-ahee; which is otherwise obsolete.