God's Outspoken Ones
Luke 18:7
And shall not God give justice and vindication to his own chosen eklektos the ones imploring towards him day and night and being patient towards them?
Comment: Luke 18:7 God will give justice and vindication to his own ek lektos. What does ek lektos or eklektos mean? When the two words, ek and lektos, are combined as one compound word ek-lektos or eklektos, and entered into a Greek to English translator (or looked up in a Bible lexicon), the definition comes up uniformly as “chosen.” But did you know that the two Greek words translated as elect or chosen 23 times in the koine Greek, can also be translated as outspoken?
The Word of God is multi-faceted, multi-layered, and rich beyond compare. So, to assign only one hard and fast meaning to most passages is to cheat ourselves of the wealth of knowledge contained in the sacred writings, that God said he would preserve to every generation, and that he honors even above his name.
So, where do we get the word outspoken from Luke 18:7?
Let’s look at the words ek lektos, two words it is agreed—that when combined—form the Greek words chosen or elect. But wait, do the two words always need to be combined, and when they are, what is the reason the combined meanings of the words always need to be changed?
We’ll start with the word Ek, which is a Greek word that is not simply a prefix. It is a word in its own right and makes perfect sense when standing on its own. It means “out,” “out of,” or “from.”
Lektos is also a Greek word in its own right, with its own separate definition from ek. Lektos does not require a prefix to make sense. It is the Greek word for spoken.
Bible dictionaries do not appear to contain a definition for the stand-alone word, lektos, which is used 23 times in the New Testament, so they should. Fortunately, online Greek to English translators do. Two render it as “spoken.” Two others render it, respectively, as “read” and “reading.”
https://www.bing.com/translator/?from=el&to=en&text=lektos
Microsoft Translator - Translate from Greek to English
Adding the word ek as a prefix to read or reading, produces the words out read or from reading. Doesn’t match up with Jesus’ words in Luke 18:7, so we’ll move on.
Adding the word ek as a prefix for chosen produces out chosen or chosen from. That makes sense, but biblical lexicons omit the word “out,” or any form of it, in verses where ek lektos is used. Contextually, the combination works well with Jesus’ statement in Luke 18:7. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus calls his own the Ek Klesia (the Out Called). See: Jesus never said, “Upon this rock I will build my church.”
This brings us to adding the word ek as a prefix to the word spoken: This produces “outspoken.” This works perfectly. The words spoken and called (as in out-called) are related in a sense, especially within the context of Luke 18:7, where Jesus emphasizes being heard, and referring to his own as speaking, i.e., imploring or crying out—that means loud speaking. In Luke 18:7, Jesus is literally and unarguably referring to his own, his Chosen Out Of, or Out Called, as his Outspoken.
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