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.)

χειροτονέω cheirotoneō 2x to stretch out the hand; to constitute by voting; to appoint, constitute, Act_14:23 ; 2Co_8:19

* 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 ).†

χειροτονέω [page 687] lit. stretch out the hand, then elect by show of hands, and then elect, appoint generally (cf. Act. 14:23, 2Co. 8:19) : see P Fay 26 .11 (A.D. 150) ὑπό [τ ]ε ἐμοῦ . . . . καὶ τοῦ κεχειροτονη [μέν ]ο̣[υ π ]ρ̣ο̣, ς̣ τοῦτο , P Ryl II. 77 .37 (A.D. 192) <οὐχ > ἧττον ἑαυτὸν ἐχειροτόνησεν εἰς τὴν κατεπείγουσαν ἀρχὴν κοσμητείαν , he none the less nominated himself for the office immediately required, that of cosmetes (Edd.), Chrest. II. 88 iii. 10 (ii/A.D.) χειροτονηθήσονται δὲ ἐντὸς κ̄ ἡμερῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ <τοῦ > νομοῦ , and P Flor I. 6 .14 (A.D. 210) ἐπισκέπτης γ [ὰ ]ρ ἐχειροτονήθην and P Oxy X. 1252 verso .18 (A.D. 288 95) ὑ [πογύω ]ς̣ χειροτονη [θεὶς ] . . . εἰς τὴν παρὰ Ὀξυρυγχ [είταις ] πρυτανείαν , having been recently appointed to the prytany at Oxyrhynchus. For χειροτονέω in its later ecclesiastical sense of ordain, cf. the vi/A.D. P Giss I. 55 .5 where a bishop writes to a brother-bishop ἠξιώθην . . . γράψαι πρ [ὸ ]ς τὴν σὴν ἁγιότητ̣[α π ]ερὶ Σανσνεῦτ [ό ]ς τινος πρὸ πολλοῦ χειροτο̣νηθέν̣[τος π ]αρὰ του̣ͅ τῆς μ̣[α ]καρίας μνη̣μη̣ς Φοιβαδίου̣ τοῦ ἐπισκ [όπου , and see the Coptic ostracon regarding the ordination of deacons in Crum Coptic Ostraca , No. 29 (reproduced by Deissmann LAE 2 , p. 221 ft.). The corr. subst. appears in such passages as P Oxy IX. 1191 .5 (A.D. 280) περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐπιμελητῶν χειροτονίας , concerning the election of administrators, ib. 1204 .24 (A.D. 299) τὸ βιβλίον τῆς χειροτονείας παρασχεθήτω , let the document containing the appointment be produced (Ed.), and Syll 192 (= .3 485) .17 (B.C. 236 5) ἄξιον ἑαυτὸν παρέξειν τῆς τε το [ῦ δή ]μου χειροτονίας .

χειροτονέω [Etym: χειρότονος] "to stretch out the hand", for the purpose of voting, Plut. , Luc. c. acc. pers. "to vote for, elect", properly "by show of hands", Ar. , Dem. :—Pass. "to be elected", Ar. , etc.; χειροτονηθῆναι, "election", was opp. to λαχεῖν, "appointment by lot", Plat. , etc. c. acc. rei, "to vote for" a thing, Dem. ; so c. inf. "to vote that . ." , Aeschin. :— Pass., κεχειροτόνηται ὕβρις εἶναι it is voted, ruled to be violence, Dem.

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)