G5500 · χειροτονέω
cheirotonéō · choose, ordain
G5500 (cheirotonéō) is the Greek word χειροτονέω in Strong’s dictionary: to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint. It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- χειροτονέω (Greek)
- Transliteration
- cheirotonéō
- Derivation
- from a comparative of G5495 (χείρ) and (to stretch);
- Definition
- to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint
- Rendered in the KJV
- choose, ordain
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “Paul and Barnabas appointed” ×1
- “this brother was chosen” ×1
By book
Acts 1 · 2 Corinthians 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G5500.