χειροτονήσαντες
cheirotonéō
having appointed
To appoint or select, particularly by a show of hands or some form of communal assent; to designate a person for an office or responsibility, often with some element of public recognition or symbolic gesture. More broadly, to choose, elect, or assign someone to a role, whether formally or informally; in later contexts, may carry the sense of ordain as used in ecclesiastical settings.
Acts 14:23 · Word #1
Lexicon G5500
| Lemma | χειροτονέω |
| Transliteration | cheirotonéō |
| Strong's | G5500 |
| Definition | To appoint or select, particularly by a show of hands or some form of communal assent; to designate a person for an office or responsibility, often with some element of public recognition or symbolic gesture. More broadly, to choose, elect, or assign someone to a role, whether formally or informally; in later contexts, may carry the sense of ordain as used in ecclesiastical settings. |
Morphology V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state of being |
| Tense | AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past |
| Voice | ACT — Active — The subject performs the action |
| Mood | PTCP — Participle — A verbal adjective |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | having appointed |
| Literal | having-appointed-elders-by-vote |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | χειροτονέω |
| Strong's | G5500 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G5500-01
having appointed by raised hand
| Morphological Notes | Verb; aorist tense (completed action), active voice, participle mood; nominative masculine plural. |
| Rendering Rationale | The aorist active participle nominative masculine plural is rendered as "having appointed," reflecting completed action by the subject. "By raised hand" preserves the root sense of stretching out the hand as the original mode of selection. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
having appointed by raised hand
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 accurately captures the participial form and context-specific meaning, in accordance with the silex_definition. |