ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, χειροτονησαντες
CHEIROTONĒSANTES, cheirotonēsantes
Sounds Like: kheh-roh-toh-NEE-san-tes
Translations: having appointed, having chosen, having elected, having ordained
From the root: ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'χείρ' (hand) and 'τείνω' (to stretch). It literally means 'to stretch out the hand', which was a common method of voting or appointing someone in ancient assemblies. Therefore, it signifies the act of appointing, choosing, or ordaining someone by a show of hands or by formal selection. It is often used in the context of appointing leaders or elders in a community.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G5500 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 14:23
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:297
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 108:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 14:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they appoint, they choose, they elect
- ἘΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΕ — appointed, elected, chose, ordained
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΚΕΝ — he has appointed, he has chosen, he has elected, he has ordained
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΚΟΣΙΝ — to those who have appointed, by those who have appointed, to those who have chosen, by those who have chosen, to those who have ordained, by those who have ordained
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of having appointed, of having chosen, of having elected, of having ordained
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΜΕΝΟΝ — appointed, chosen, ordained, elected
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ — appointed, chosen, ordained, elected, selected
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will have been appointed by vote, will have been chosen by stretching out the hand, will have been elected
- ΚΕΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΤΟ — had been appointed, had been chosen, had been elected, had been ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΙΝ — to appoint, to choose, to elect, to vote by stretching out the hand
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΕΩ — to appoint, to choose by stretching out the hand, to elect, to ordain
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΘΕΙΗ — might be appointed, might be chosen, might be elected
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΘΕΙΣ — having been appointed, having been chosen, having been elected, having been ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be appointed, to be elected, to be chosen, to be ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be appointed, to be elected, to be chosen, to be ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΙ — to appoint, to choose, to elect, to ordain
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having appointed, having chosen, having elected, having ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of having appointed, of having chosen, of having elected, of having ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — having appointed, having chosen, having elected, having voted for, having ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΑΤΕ — appoint, choose, elect
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΕΙ — he will appoint, he will choose, he will elect, he will ordain
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will appoint, they will choose by vote, they will elect, they will ordain
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΗΤΟΙΔ' — appointed, elected, chosen, but, and, moreover
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΙΗ — he might appoint, he might choose, he might elect, he might vote for
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΜΕΝ — we appoint, we elect, we choose, we ordain
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΜΕΝΗ — being appointed, being chosen by vote, being elected, being ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — appointing, having appointed, electing, having elected, choosing, having chosen, ordaining, having ordained
- ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they appoint, they choose, they vote by stretching out the hand
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