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ἐπεκτείνομαι

epekteínomai · G1901 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to reach out, to stretch toward

    To reach out or stretch out toward some goal

    Examples

    Philippians 3:13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

  2. to seek strongly to, to try hard to

    To attempt energetically to attain a state or condition

    Examples

    Philippians 3:13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
To seek strongly to, to try hard to13.20
This verb describes exerting determined effort toward a goal, used of Paul's description of forgetting what lies behind and straining forward with determined effort toward what lies ahead — "forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead" (Philippians 3:13).
To reach out, to stretch toward16.20
It also describes, in the same single occurrence, the physical image underlying that determined effort — the runner's own gesture of stretching the body toward what lies ahead, drawn from the same clause — "reaching forward to what lies ahead" (Philippians 3:13).
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×ἐκτένεια ekténeia · G1616 · earnestness, eager perseverance · 1×ἐκτενής ektenḗs · G1618 · intent · 1×ἐπεκτείνομαιepekteínomai · G1901ὑπερεκτείνω hyperekteínō · G5239 · to overextend, to stretch out beyond, to overstep a limit · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (present middle participle ἐπεκτεινόμενος); to stretch out to or toward; middle, to…
: (present middle participle ἐπεκτεινόμενος); to stretch out to or toward; middle, to stretch (oneself) forward to: with the dative of thing indicating the direction (Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 7), Phm 3:13 (14) (see ἔμπροσθεν, 1 at the end).

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
State1 occurrenceNon-Linear Movement1 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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