Cheirotonéō — G5500

Definition

verb

to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint

1. properly, to vote by stretching out the hand
2. to create or appoint by vote
3. with the loss of the notion of extending the hand, to elect, appoint, create

Usually translated as

choose, ordain

Origin

from a comparative of G5495 and teínō (to stretch)

• cheír (G5495)

Occurrences

Cheirotonéō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 2 Corinthians (1)

• Acts 14:23 — And when they had ordained (χειροτονήσαντες) them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
• 2 Corinthians 8:19 — And not that only, but who was also chosen (χειροτονηθεὶς) of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: