Dictionary entry

ψηφίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ψηφίζω

(< ψῆφος), [in LXX: III Ki 3:88:5 A (ספר ni..) *;]

to count (prop., with pebbles), reckon, calculate: τ. δαπάνην, Lk 14:28; τ. ἀριθμόν (i.e. calculate the number's meaning), Re 13:18 (in cl. chiefly mid., to vote by casting a pebble; cf. συγ-κατα-, συμ-φηφίζω).†