PECULIAR PEOPLE

Hebrew:

Segullah = peculiar, treasure, enclosure, to shut up, wealth, jewel, peculiar treasure, special

am = a people, a congregated unit, a tribe, troops, attendants, folk, nation

Exodus 19:5-6

“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.  These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 14:2

“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.”

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

“And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments: and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.”

Psalm 135:4

“For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.”

Greek:

periousios = peculiar, beyond the ordinary or usual, special

laos a = people, one’s own, people

Titus 2:14

“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

peripoisis for acquisition, preservation, obtain, peculiar, purchased, possession

I Peter 2:9

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”