Strong G1901ἐπεκτείνομαι
to reach out to
- Transliteration
- epekteinomai
- Pronunciation
- ep-ek-ti'-nom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-εκ-τείνω
to extend: mid., to stretch forward: with dative, Php.3:13.†
(AS)
to extend: mid., to stretch forward: with dative, Php.3:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1901 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reach1
First verses
- Philippians 3:13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπεκ-τείνω,
stretch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.10 (_passive_))], +others; extend, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὸ αὔταρκες] ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀπογόνους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b12)]:— passive, to be extended, extend, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ph.” 217b9, etc.)]
2 intransitive, extend, [Refs (ἐπὶ πλέον [prev\. author] “APo.” 96a24)]; of a people or country, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (μέχρι.. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.11)]: with dative, extend over, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Mete.” 75.12.)]
3 passive, extend beyond, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τῆς οἰκείας ὥρας Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.4)]; reach out towards, [Refs (τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν “Epistle to the Philippians” 3.13)].
4 Tact., extend, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τοὺς ἱππέας 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.20)].
5 expand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἕν νόημα 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.4)].
II lengthen, prolong, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (λόγους Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.1147)].
II.2 pronounce a syllable as long, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 1014b17.)]
II.3 lengthen a word, by inserting a vowel or otherwise (as πόληος for πόλεως), ἐπεκτεταμένον, opposed to ἀφῃρημένον, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Po.” 1457b35; also by adding a syllable, in)]passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Pron.” 34.5, +others)]
III make more burdensome, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς προσόδους 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.15)].
stretch, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.10 (_passive_))], +others; extend, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὸ αὔταρκες] ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀπογόνους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b12)]:— passive, to be extended, extend, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ph.” 217b9, etc.)]
2 intransitive, extend, [Refs (ἐπὶ πλέον [prev\. author] “APo.” 96a24)]; of a people or country, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (μέχρι.. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.11)]: with dative, extend over, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Mete.” 75.12.)]
3 passive, extend beyond, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τῆς οἰκείας ὥρας Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.4)]; reach out towards, [Refs (τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν “Epistle to the Philippians” 3.13)].
4 Tact., extend, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τοὺς ἱππέας 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.20)].
5 expand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἕν νόημα 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.4)].
II lengthen, prolong, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (λόγους Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.1147)].
II.2 pronounce a syllable as long, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” 1014b17.)]
II.3 lengthen a word, by inserting a vowel or otherwise (as πόληος for πόλεως), ἐπεκτεταμένον, opposed to ἀφῃρημένον, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Po.” 1457b35; also by adding a syllable, in)]passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Pron.” 34.5, +others)]
III make more burdensome, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς προσόδους 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.15)].