χειροτον-έω,

stretch out the hand, for the purpose of giving one’s vote in the assembly, περὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Plu. Phoc. 34; μὴ χ. vote against the motion, Luc. Deor.Conc. 9: - but mostly,

II c. acc. pers., elect, prop. by show of hands, Ar. Ach. 598, Av. 1571, etc.; εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χ. τοὺς ταξιάρχους.., οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον D. 4.26; c. dupl. acc., στρατηγὸν χ. τινά X. HG 6.2.11, cf. Isoc. 8.50: - Pass., to be elected, Ar. Ach. 607; ἐπὶ τοῦτ’ ἐχειροτονήθησαν, ἵνα.. Lys. 28.14; χ. ἔκ τινων Pl. Lg. 763e; χ. ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως Decr. ap. D. 18.115: c. acc. cogn., χ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ θεωρικῷ Aeschin. 3.24, cf. Ar. Ec. 517 (anap.); χειροτονηθεὶς ἢ λαχών Pl. Plt. 300a, cf. Aeschin. 1.106. later, generally, appoint, Ph. 2.112; of the Jewish High Priest, J. AJ 13.2.2; τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κεχειροτονημένον βασιλέα ib. 6.13.9, cf. 7.9.3; appoint to an office in the Church, πρεσβυτέρους Act 14:23; Acts cf.2 Cor. 8.19 (Pass.).

2. c. acc. rei, vote for a thing, Ar. Ec. 297 (lyr.), 797, lsoc. 7.84; γνώμας D. 18.248: c. inf., ὁ δῆμος ἐχειροτόνησεν ἐξεῖναι.. πέμπειν voted to send, Aeschin. 2.13, cf. IG 12.57.29, 63.4: - Pass., κεχειροτόνηται ὕβρις τὸ πρᾶγυ’ εἶναι it is voted, ruled to be.., D. 21.216.

III span with the hand, τὸ αἰδοῖον Artem. 1.78 (ap. Suid.; χειροκοπεῖν codd.).

χειροτονέω cheirotoneō 2x

    to stretch out the hand; to constitute by voting; to appoint, constitute, Act 14:23; 2Co 8:19

G5500 — χειροτονέω

χειροτόνω: 1 aorist participle χειροτονησας; 1 aorist passive preposition χειροτονηθείς; (from χειρότονος extending the hand, and this from χείρ and τείνω); from (Aristophanes), Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates down;

a. properly, to vote by stretching out the hand (cf. Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 33 ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτα, ἀνατεινάτω τήν χεῖρα. ἀνετειναν ἅπαντες).

b. to create or appoint by vote: τινα, one to have charge of some office or duty, passive, 2Co 8:19, and in the spurious subscriptions in ; Tit 3:15.

c. with the loss of the notion of extending the hand, to elect, appoint, create: τινα, Act 14:23 (see examples from the Greek writings in Passow, under the word, p. 2440{a}; χειροτονεῖσθαι ὑπό Θεοῦ βασιλέα, Philo de praem. et poen. § 9; (βασιλέως ὕπαρχος ἐχειροτονειτο, de Josephus, § 41); Josephus, Antiquities 6, 4, 2; (7, 11, 1; of the choice of Jonah as high priest, 13, 2, 2; cf. Hatch in Dict. of Chris. Antiq., under the word, Ordination, p. 1501{b}; Harnack on 'Teaching' etc. 15, 1 [ET]).). (Compare: προχειροτονέω.)

* 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 ( v. Rackham , in l ) ( cf. προχειροτονέω ). †

詞類次數：動詞（2）

原文字根：手-伸出

字義溯源：伸手表決，選立，挑選，選擇；由（G5495（χείρ）*=手）與（G5037（τέ）Y*=伸展）組成。參讀G138（αἱρέομαι） G2525（καθιστάνω / καθίστημι）同義字

同源字：1）G4401（προχειροτονέω）預先揀選 2）G5495（χείρ）手 3）G5500（χειροτονέω）選立

出現次數：總共（3）；徒（1）；林後（1）；提後（1）

譯字彙編：

1）他們⋯選立（1）徒14:23；

2）已選立（1）提後4:22；

3）挑選（1）林後8:19