Definition

to be a hand-reacher or voter (by raising the hand), i.e. (generally) to select or appoint

Etymology

from a comparative of G5495 (χείρ) and (to stretch);

Where the KJV renders it

• choose
• ordain

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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