1616. ekteneia

Lexicon

ekteneia: Earnestness, Fervency

Original Word: ἐκτενεία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ekteneia
Pronunciation: ek-teh-NAY-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah)
KJV: X instantly
Word Origin: [from G1618 (ἐκτενής - fervent)]

1. intentness

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

earnestness, intentness

From ektenes; intentness -- X instantly.

see GREEK ektenes

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ektenés
Definition
zeal, intentness
NASB Translation
earnestly* (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1616: ἐκτένεια

ἐκτένεια, 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).)

Forms and Transliterations

εκτενεια εκτενεία ἐκτενείᾳ ekteneia ekteneíāi

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 26:7 N-DFS
GRK: ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ
INT: of us in earnestness night and

Strong's Greek 1616
1 Occurrence

ἐκτενείᾳ — 1 Occ.