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);

Word family

• χείρ cheír

How 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.