- Transliteration: Cheirotoneo

- Phonetic: khi-rot-on-eh'-o

- Definition:

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

- Origin: from a comparative of G5495" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5495 and teino (to stretch)

- TDNT entry: 16:17,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a compound of G5495" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5495 and τείνω teinō (to stretch); to be a hand reacher or voter (by raising the hand) that is (genitive) to select or appoint: - choose ordain.