Strong's G5500
χειροτονέω
- Transliteration
- cheirotonéō
- Definition
- to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint
- KJV usage
- choose, ordain
- Derivation
- from a comparative of G5495 (χείρ) and (to stretch);
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.