G5500 – cheirotoneo – χειροτονέω – choose, ordain
- Strong’s ID:
- G5500
- Greek Word:
- χειροτονέω
- Transliteration:
- cheirotoneo
- Pronunciation:
- khi-rot-on-eh’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 4
- Search:
- Find “cheirotoneo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a comparative of G5495 and τεινω teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:—choose, ordain.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.