Lexicon ekteneia: zeal, intentness Original Word: ἐκτένεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ekteneia Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah) Short Definition: earnestness, strenuousness, intentness Definition: earnestness, strenuousness, intentness, zeal. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ektenésDefinitionzeal, intentness NASB Translationearnestly* (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1616: ἐκτένειαἐκτένεια, 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).)
Strong's earnestness, intentness From ektenes; intentness -- X instantly. see GREEK ektenes |
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