1901. epekteinó

Lexicon

epekteinó: To stretch out, to extend, to reach forth

Original Word: ἐπεκτείνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: epekteinó
Pronunciation: ep-ek-ti'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ek-ti'-nom-ahee)
KJV: reach forth
NASB: reaching forward
Word Origin: [middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί - over) and G1614 (ἐκτείνω - stretched)]

1. to stretch (oneself) forward upon

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

reach forth.

Middle voice from epi and ekteino; to stretch (oneself) forward upon -- reach forth.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK ekteino

HELPS Word-studies

1901 epekteínomai (from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting" intensifying 1614 /ekteínō, "extend") – properly, extend (lay hold of) what is divinely acceptable (note the force of the prefix, epi).

1901 /epekteínomai ("aptly stretching intensely towards") is used only in Phil 3:13. It refers to the believer straining forward to reach "the full-impact resurrection" out from the realm of death given to them at Christ's return.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from epi and ekteinó
Definition
to extend, mid. to stretch forward
NASB Translation
reaching forward (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1901: ἐπεκτείνω

ἐπεκτείνω: (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), Philippians 3:13 (14) (see ἔμπροσθεν, 1 at the end).

Forms and Transliterations

επεκτεινομενος επεκτεινόμενος ἐπεκτεινόμενος επελπιζέτω επήλπισα επήλπισάς επήλπισεν epekteinomenos epekteinómenos

Englishman's Concordance

Philippians 3:13 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος
NAS: what [lies] behind and reaching forward to what [lies] ahead,
KJV: and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
INT: moreover before stretching out

Strong's Greek 1901
1 Occurrence

ἐπεκτεινόμενος — 1 Occ.