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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Acts
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14:23
- 2 Corinthians
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8:19
- Titus
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3:15