King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G1616
Transliteration: ekteneia
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: zeal, intentness
Meaning: zeal, intentness
ἐκτένεια, ἐκτενειας, ἡ (ἐκτενής), a later Greek word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311);
Word Summary
ekteneia: zeal, intentness
Original Word: ἐκτένειαTransliteration: ekteneia
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: zeal, intentness
Meaning: zeal, intentness
Strong's Concordance
earnestness, intentnessFrom ektenes; intentness -- X instantly.
see GREEK ektenes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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).)