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 (see Rackham, in l) (cf. προχειροτονέω).† (AS)
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cheirotoneō · to appoint · Greek
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Acts 14:23 · χειροτονήσαντεςAnd when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.2 Corinthians 8:19 · χειροτονηθεὶςand not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in the matter of this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness: