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ἐκτένεια

ekténeia · G1616 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. earnestness, eager perseverance

    A state of eagerness involving perseverance over a period of time

    Examples

    Acts 26:7 the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. For this hope, O king, I am being accused by Jews.

How it’s used In 1 role

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Earnestness, eager perseverance25.70
Used in Acts 26:7, of the twelve tribes who hope to attain the promise as they earnestly serve God night and day, the noun describing the intensity of their devotion.
Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐκτείνω ekteínō · G1614 · to stretch out, to extend, to reach out · 16×ἐκτενῶς ektenōs · G1619 · without ceasing, continuously, constantly · 2×ἐκτένειαekténeia · G1616ἐκτενής ektenḗs · G1618 · intent · 1×ἐπεκτείνομαι epekteínomai · G1901 · to reach out, to stretch toward, to seek strongly to · 1×ὑπερεκτείνω hyperekteínō · G5239 · to overextend, to stretch out beyond, to overstep a limit · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκτενειας, ἡ (ἐκτενής), a later Greek word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311); a. properly,…
ἐκτενειας, ἡ (ἐκτενής), a later Greek word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311);
a. properly, extension.
b. intentness (of mind), earnestness: ἐν ἐκτένεια, earnestly, Acts 26:7. (2 Macc. 14:38; Judith 4:9. Cf. Grimm on 3Macc. 6:41 (where he refers to Cicero, ad Att. 10, 17, 1).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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