Greek Study
Strong's Concordance G5500
χειÏοτονÎω
A readable Greek dictionary entry from Strong's Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- χειÏοτονÎω
- Transliteration
- cheirotoneo
- Pronunciation
- {khi-rot-on-eh'-o}
- Occurrences
- Occurrences are not reviewed for this entry yet.
- Glosses
- from a comparative of 5495 and teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:--choose, ordain.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 5495
- Strong’s number
- G5500
- Definition
- from a comparative of 5495 and teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:--choose, ordain.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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View preserved source wording
<entryFree n="5500"> <orth>χειÏοτονÎω</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">ceirotonevw</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">cheirotoneo</orth> <pron rend="italic">{khi-rot-on-eh'-o}</pron> <def> from a comparative of 5495 and teino (to stretch); to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint:--choose, ordain. <lb/> see GREEK for 5495 </def> </entryFree>