Strong G1614ἐκτείνω
to stretch out
- Transliteration
- ekteinō
- Pronunciation
- ek-ti'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1537 and τείνω teinō (to stretch); to extend: - cast put forth stretch forth (out).
Detailed definition
ἐκ-τείνω
[in LXX for שָׁלַח, נָטָה, etc.;]
to stretch out or forth: τ. χεῖρα (as often in LXX), Mat.8:3 12:13 14:31 26:51, Mrk.1:41 3:5, Luk.5:13 6:10 Jhn.21:18, Act.26:1; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), towards, Mat.12:49; against, Luk.22:53; εἰς ἴασιν, Act.4:30; of anchors, to cast, Act.27:30.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שָׁלַח, נָטָה, etc.;]
to stretch out or forth: τ. χεῖρα (as often in LXX), Mat.8:3 12:13 14:31 26:51, Mrk.1:41 3:5, Luk.5:13 6:10 Jhn.21:18, Act.26:1; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), towards, Mat.12:49; against, Luk.22:53; εἰς ἴασιν, Act.4:30; of anchors, to cast, Act.27:30.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1614 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stretch12
- put3
- cast1
- forth1
- out1
First verses
- Matthew 8:3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- Matthew 12:13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
- Matthew 12:49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
- Matthew 14:31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
- Matthew 26:51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
- Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
- Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- Luke 5:13And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
- Luke 6:10And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- Luke 22:53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
- John 21:18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
- Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
- Acts 26:1Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
- Acts 27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκτείνω,
future - τενῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325, etc.)]:—stretch out, χεῖρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 9; τὴν χ. ὑπτίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 782)]; τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι for something, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.3.6)]; πρός τινα, in sign of friendship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.47.2; πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325; παῖδας ἐπὶ τὴν πυρήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107; ἐκεῖσε κἀκεῖσ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1421)]: absolutely, offer food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.186c)]; τὰ γόνατ᾽ ἐ. straighten the knees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1212; ἐ. τὰ σκέλη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.14; νοῦ ἄπο μυρίον ὄμμα “IG” 3.716; ἐ. νέκυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 786)]; ἓν γὰρ ἐκτενεῖ σ᾽ ἔπος will lay thee prostrate, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 585)]:— passive, to be outstretched, lie at length, of sleepers, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 858 (Lyric poetry); ἐκταθεὶς ὥσπερ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀφικέσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.2, etc.)]; of countries, etc., extend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.3, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 40.)]
2 stretch, spread out a net, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 991)]; extend the line of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 801, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 5.6)]; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ᾽ ἄνω (i.e. ἑαυτόν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 654; στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.19)]:—passive, to be unfolded, smoothed, ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 902.)]
II spin out, prolong, πλεῦνα λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51; φροίμιον θεοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 829)]; μακρὰν ἐξέτεινας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 916, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1351; μῆκος λόγου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 201; μείζονα λόγον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 679, etc.; βίον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1109; τοὺς περιπάτους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5)]:—passive, λόγος ἐκταθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 887a)]; of Time, πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1402 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III put to the full stretch, ἵππον ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.5; ἐ. πάντα κάλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a)]; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐ. put forth all one's zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. η; τὸν θυμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.31; ἅπασαν ἀγωνίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.30)]: metaphorically in passive, to be on the rack, ἐκτέταμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 153 (Lyric poetry).)]
IV lengthen a short syllable, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 27.2 (_passive_), +others, interpolated in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.58.)]
V intransitive, draw along, [LXX (LXX.Judg.20.37.)]
future - τενῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325, etc.)]:—stretch out, χεῖρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐκφορᾷ νεκροῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ch.” 9; τὴν χ. ὑπτίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 782)]; τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι for something, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.3.6)]; πρός τινα, in sign of friendship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.47.2; πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325; παῖδας ἐπὶ τὴν πυρήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107; ἐκεῖσε κἀκεῖσ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1131; εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1421)]: absolutely, offer food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.186c)]; τὰ γόνατ᾽ ἐ. straighten the knees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1212; ἐ. τὰ σκέλη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.14; νοῦ ἄπο μυρίον ὄμμα “IG” 3.716; ἐ. νέκυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 786)]; ἓν γὰρ ἐκτενεῖ σ᾽ ἔπος will lay thee prostrate, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 585)]:— passive, to be outstretched, lie at length, of sleepers, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 858 (Lyric poetry); ἐκταθεὶς ὥσπερ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἀφικέσθαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.2, etc.)]; of countries, etc., extend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Vect.” 4.3, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 40.)]
2 stretch, spread out a net, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 991)]; extend the line of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 801, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 5.6)]; λαὸν ἐκτείνοντ᾽ ἄνω (i.e. ἑαυτόν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 654; στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.19)]:—passive, to be unfolded, smoothed, ὡς ἂν Διὸς μέτωπον ἐκταθῇ χαρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 902.)]
II spin out, prolong, πλεῦνα λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51; φροίμιον θεοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 829)]; μακρὰν ἐξέτεινας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 916, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1351; μῆκος λόγου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 201; μείζονα λόγον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 679, etc.; βίον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1109; τοὺς περιπάτους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5)]:—passive, λόγος ἐκταθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 887a)]; of Time, πολὺς ἐκτέταται χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1402 (_anapaest meter_).)]
III put to the full stretch, ἵππον ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.5; ἐ. πάντα κάλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338a)]; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐ. put forth all one's zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. η; τὸν θυμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.31; ἅπασαν ἀγωνίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.30)]: metaphorically in passive, to be on the rack, ἐκτέταμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 153 (Lyric poetry).)]
IV lengthen a short syllable, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 27.2 (_passive_), +others, interpolated in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.58.)]
V intransitive, draw along, [LXX (LXX.Judg.20.37.)]