ἈΠΟΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΣΙ, ἀποχειροτονουσι
APOCHEIROTONOUSI, apocheirotonousi
Sounds Like: ah-po-kheh-roh-to-NOO-see
Translations: they reject by vote, they vote against, they depose by vote
From the root: ΑΠΟΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἀπο- (apo-, meaning 'from' or 'away from') and χειροτονέω (cheirotoneō, meaning 'to stretch out the hand, to vote by stretching out the hand, to appoint'). The word means to reject or depose someone by a show of hands or by vote. It describes an action where a group collectively votes to remove or reject someone from a position or status.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G0606 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 4:60
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΘΑΙ — to be chosen, to be appointed, to be elected
- ΑΠΟΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ — to reject, to repudiate, to disown, to vote against, to depose by vote
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