ἐκτενέστερον
ektenésteron · G1617 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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eager, eagerly, earnest, earnestly
Pertaining to being eager to persevere in some state or activity
ExamplesLuke 22:44 And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground].
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σπουδαίως spoudaíōs · G4709 · making an effort to, doing one’s best, eager
- σπουδαίως denotes earnest or diligent manner, overlapping with ἐκτενέστερον's sense of intensity; both describe heightened effort or focus in action
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Eager, eagerly, earnest, earnestly25.71
- Luke 22:44 recounts that in Gethsemane, “being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.”
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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