Cheirotoneo means “choose” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5500 — cachah (“scrape”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5500 χειροτονέω (cheirotoneo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. cheirotoneo (khei-rot-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand) 2. (generally) to select or appoint It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, ordained, elders, every, and church. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
cheirotoneo (khei-rot-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand) 2. (generally) to select or appoint [from a comparative of G5495 and teino "to stretch"] KJV: choose, ordain Root(s): G5495
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5500. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to appoint
Usage: χειρο-τονέω, -ῶ (χείρ, τείνω) __1. to vote by stretching out the hand in the Athenian ἐκκλησία (Luc., Plut.). __2. to appoint: __(a) by vote, 2Co.8:19 __(b) without vote, Act.14:23 (see Rackham, in l) (cf. προχειροτονέω).† (AS)
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
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:
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5500.
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.
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:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5500, grouped by book.
Cheirotoneo (Strong's G5500) is a Greek word most simply glossed "choose". cheirotoneo (khei-rot-on-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand) 2. (generally) to select or appoint
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G5500 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5500 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, ordained, elders, every, church, and prayed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.