'Chosen' in the Bible

until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;

And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

not of all the people, but of witnesses who were chosen before of God, us who have eaten and drunk with him after he arose from among the dead.

And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders, with the whole assembly, to send chosen men from among them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas called Barsabas and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

but Paul having chosen Silas went forth, committed by the brethren to the grace of God.

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;