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Lexicon :: Strong's G5500 - cheirotoneō

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χειροτονέω
Transliteration
cheirotoneō (Key)
Pronunciation
khi-rot-on-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a comparative of χείρ (G5495) and teino (to stretch)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:437,1309

Strong’s Definitions

χειροτονέω cheirotonéō, khi-rot-on-eh'-o; from a comparative of G5495 and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:—choose, ordain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G5500 in the following manner: ordain (3x), choose (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G5500 in the following manner: ordain (3x), choose (1x).

  1. to vote by stretching out the hand

  2. to create or appoint by vote: one to have charge of some office or duty

  3. to elect, create, appoint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χειροτονέω cheirotonéō, khi-rot-on-eh'-o; from a comparative of G5495 and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:—choose, ordain.
STRONGS G5500:
χειροτονέω, χειροτόνω: 1 aorist participle χειροτονησας; 1 aorist passive preposition χειροτονηθείς; (from χειρότονος extending the hand, and this from χείρ and τείνω); from (Aristophanes), Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates down;
a. properly, to vote by stretching out the hand (cf. Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 33 ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτα, ἀνατεινάτω τήν χεῖρα. ἀνετειναν ἅπαντες).
b. to create or appoint by vote: τινα, one to have charge of some office or duty, passive, 2 Corinthians 8:19, and in the spurious subscriptions in ; Titus 3:15.
c. with the loss of the notion of extending the hand, to elect, appoint, create: τινα, Acts 14:23 (see examples from the Greek writings in Passow, under the word, p. 2440{a}; χειροτονεῖσθαι ὑπό Θεοῦ βασιλέα, Philo de praem. et poen. § 9; (βασιλέως ὕπαρχος ἐχειροτονειτο, de Josephus, § 41); Josephus, Antiquities 6, 4, 2; (7, 11, 1; of the choice of Jonah as high priest, 13, 2, 2; cf. Hatch in Dict. of Chris. Antiq., under the word, Ordination, p. 1501{b}; Harnack on 'Teaching' etc. 15, 1 [ET]).). (Compare: προχειροτονέω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
14:23
2 Corinthians
8:19
Titus
3:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5500 matches the Greek χειροτονέω (cheirotoneō),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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