Strong's G5500 · Greek

χειροτονέω

cheirotoneo · khi-rot-on-eh'-o

from a comparative of 5495 and teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χειρο-τονέω (G5500)

2 * χειρο-τονέω , -ῶ ( χείρ , τείνω ) to vote by stretching out the hand in the Athenian ἐκκλησία (Luc., Plut.). to appoint : by vote, II Co 8:19 without vote, Ac 14:23 (v. Rackham, in l.) (cf. προχειροτονέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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