Strong’s G5500 · Greek
χειροτονέω
cheirotonéō · khi-rot-on-eh'-o
Origin from a comparative of χείρ (G5495) and τείνω (to stretch);
Meaning to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint
In the King James Version choose, ordain.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 14:23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19And 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:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.