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Lexicon :: Strong's G5500 - cheirotoneō

Aa
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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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:23 - When they had appointed G5500 elders G4245 for them in every G2596 church, G1577 having prayed G4336 with fasting, G3521 they commended G3908 them to the Lord G2962 in whom G3739 they had believed. G4100

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:19 - and not only G3440 this, but he has also G2532 been appointed G5500 by the churches G1577 to travel G4898 with us in this G3778 gracious G5485 work, G5485 which is being administered G1247 by us for the glory G1391 of the Lord G2962 Himself, G846 and to show our readiness, G4288
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