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1121 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. συγκατατίθημι.2
… one's vote in the urn with another ( ψῆφον τιθέναι, hence, to consent to, agree with, vote for : τῇ βουλή καί τῇ πράξει τίνος, Luke 23:51 (here L marginal reading T Tr …
1122 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. συγκαταψηφίζομαι.3
1. by depositing ( κατά ) a ballot in the urn (i. e. by voting for ) "to assign one a place among ( σύν ), to vote one a place among": τινα μετά τινων, Acts 1:26 .
1123 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. συγκαταψηφίζομαι.4
2. middle to vote against with others, i. e. to condemn with others : Plutarch, Themistius, 21. Not found elsewhere.
1124 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. συμψηφίζω.2
( 4860 ) συμψηφίζω : 1 aorist συνεψηφισα; to compute, count up : τάς τιμάς, Acts 19:19. (Middle τίνι, to vote with one, Aristophanes Lysias, 142.)
1125 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. χειροτονέω.3
a. properly, to vote by stretching out the hand (cf. Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 33 ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτα, ἀνατεινάτω τήν χεῖρα. ἀνετειναν ἅπαντες ).
1126 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. χειροτονέω.4
b. to create or appoint by vote : τινα, one to have charge of some office or duty, passive, 2 Corinthians 8:19, and in the spurious subscriptions in; Titus 3:15 .
1127 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. ψηφίζω.2
… one's vote by casting a pebble into the urn; to decide by voting .) (Compare: συγψηφίζω, καταψηφίζω, συμψηφίζω .)
1128 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. ψῆφος.4
2. a vote (on account of the use of pebbles in voting): καταφέρω (which see), Acts 26:10 .
1129 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Assembly.5
… worshiping, voting community (cf. 18:4).
1130 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Appoint, Appointed.24
… of voting in the Athenian legislative assembly and meaning "to stretch forth the hands" (cheir, "the hand," teino, "to stretch"), is not to be taken in its literal sense …
1131 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Consent.9
… one’s vote in an urn; hence, "to vote for, agree with, consent to." It is said negatively of Joseph of Arimathaea, who had not "consented" to the counsel and deed of the …
1132 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Count.9
akin to psephos, "a stone," used in voting, occurs in Luke 14:28; Revelation 13:18 .
1133 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Give.26
"to bring down or against" (kata, "down"), said of an accusation in Acts 25:7 (in the best mss.), and of being "borne down" with sleep, Acts 20:9, RV, is used of casting a ballot or "giving" a vote in Acts 26:10. See FALL, Note (8), SINK.
1134 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Number.13
"to vote or reckon (one) a place among" (sun, "with" or "among," kata, "down," and psephizo, "to count or vote," originally with pebbles, psephos, "a pebble"), is used of the "numbering" of Matthias with the eleven Apostles, Acts 1:26 .
1135 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Voice.4
Notes: (1) In Luke 1:42 (1st part), AV, anaphoneo, "to lift up one’s voice," is rendered "spake out," RV, "lifted up (her) voice." (2) In Acts 26:10, AV, "I gave my voice" (RV, "... vote"): see STONE, No. 2.
1137 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Vote.2
* For VOTE, Acts 26:10, RV, see STONE, No. 2
1138 NKJV Bible in 365 Days, p. 298.37 (Ellen G. White Estate)
10 This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
1139 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 81.1 (Joseph Bates)
… the vote once more. The prisoners were too much excited, and therefore judged too hastily. The poor soldier was still begging for his life, expecting to be swung …
1140 The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates, p. 122.1 (Joseph Bates)
… unanimous vote to bear up in distress for the West Indies. Captain H. was not present. When a deviation from a policy of insurance is made in a vessel’s voyage …