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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

χειροτονέω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaχειροτονέω
Citation formχειροτονέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI choose by vote, appoint
Strong’sG5500
Transliterationcheirotonéō
Definitionto be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint
KJV glosses:--choose, ordain.
Derivationfrom a compound of and (to stretch)
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
χειροτονηθεὶς
verb, aorist, passive, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -APPNSM-) — 2 Corinthians 8:19
χειροτονήσαντες
verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AAPNPM-) — Acts 14:23

Morphology

Occurrences