eklektos identifies persons, groups, and a cornerstone as singled out, most often in relation to God.

The adjective marks someone or something singled out: most often groups described in relation to God, but also the singular Christ, a cornerstone, angels, and named individuals. The supplied verses consistently use it as a designation within a particular relationship or setting rather than to describe a changing action.

1. Singled out as a designated person or group · dominant

   The forms identify groups addressed as strangers, people for God’s possession, or people whose welfare is in view: in 1 Peter 1:1 the dative plural occurs in the address to dispersed strangers, while in Mark 13:27 the accusative plural marks those whom angels gather. The same designation is applied to a singular figure or object: in 1 Peter 2:4 the accusative singular modifies the living stone rejected by humans and valued by God, and in John 1:34 the nominative singular stands in the testimony about the one identified as being of God. In Matthew 22:14 the nominative plural appears in the contrast between many called and few so designated.

   1 Peter 1:1Mark 13:271 Peter 2:4John 1:34Matthew 22:14Colossians 3:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “elect,” “chosen,” “select,” and “Chosen One,” including “a chosen, valued cornerstone” in 1 Peter 2:6. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these expressions show its presentation of the clauses, not fixed English equivalents in every instance.