Word Summary
eutonōs: in a well-strung manner, vigorously
Original Word: εὐτόνωςTransliteration: eutonōs
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-ton'-oce)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: in a well-strung manner, vigorously
Meaning: in a well-strung manner, vigorously
Strong's Concordance
mightily, vehemently.
Adverb from a compound of eu and a derivative of teino (to stretch); in a well-strung manner, i.e. (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense, cogently; in a bad one, fiercely) -- mightily, vehemently.
see GREEK eu
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2159: εὐτόνωςεὐτόνως, adverb (from
εὔτονος, and this from
εὖ and
τείνω to stretch (cf.
at full stretch, well strung, etc.)),
vehemently, forcibly:
Luke 23:10;
Acts 18:28. (
Joshua 6:8; 2 Macc. 12:23;
Xenophon, Hier. 9, 6;
Aristophanes,
Plutarch, 1095;
Diodorus, others.)