G5500

χειροτονέω

cheirotoneō

Verb · From a comparative of χείρ (G5495) and teino (to stretch)

From a comparative of G5495 and τείνω teínō (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:—choose, ordain.

Outline

to vote by stretching out the hand
to create or appoint by vote: one to have charge of some office or duty
to elect, create, appoint

Usages

Acts 14:23

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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2 Corinthians 8:19

And not that only, but who was also chosen 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:

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