cheirotoneó: to vote by stretching out the hand, to appoint Original Word: χειροτονέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: cheirotoneó
Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rot-on-eh'-o)
Short Definition: I choose by vote, appoint
Definition: I elect by show of hands, choose by vote, appoint.
5500 xeirotonéō – properly, stretch out the hands to commission (send forth). [5500 (xeirotonéō) literally means, "'I stretch out the hand,' thus expressing agreement with a motion, then, 'I elect by show of hands' [of popular vote]), 'I elect' " (Souter); properly, 'to vote by stretching out the hand' (practised in the assembly, so Athenian, Lucian, Plutarch)" (Abbott-Smith).] Word Origin
from cheir and teinó (to stretch)
Definition
to vote by stretching out the hand, to appoint
NASB Word Usage
appointed (2).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org choose, ordain. From a comparative of cheir and teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint -- choose, ordain. see GREEK cheir
χειρὸς — 26 Occ.
χερσὶν — 10 Occ.
χειραγωγούμενος — 1 Occ.
χειραγωγοῦντες — 1 Occ.
χειραγωγούς — 1 Occ.
χειρόγραφον — 1 Occ.
χειροποίητα — 1 Occ.
χειροποιήτοις — 2 Occ.
χειροποίητον — 1 Occ.
χειροποιήτου — 2 Occ.
χειροτονηθεὶς — 1 Occ.
χείρων — 2 Occ.
χεῖρον — 5 Occ.
χείρονα — 3 Occ.
χείρονος — 1 Occ.
Χερουβὶν — 1 Occ.
χήρα — 10 Occ.
χῆραι — 3 Occ.
χήραις — 2 Occ.
χήραν — 3 Occ.
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