Strong G2159εὐτόνως
vehemently
- Transliteration
- eutonōs
- Pronunciation
- yoo-ton'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from a compound of G2095 and a derivation of τείνω teinō (to stretch);
in a well strung manner that is (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense cogently; in a bad one fiercely): - mightily vehemently.
in a well strung manner that is (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense cogently; in a bad one fiercely): - mightily vehemently.
Detailed definition
εὐτόνως
adv. (εὖ, τείνω), [in LXX forשׁוֹפָר Jos.6:8 *;]
vigorously, vehemently: Luk.23:10, Act.18:28.†
(AS)
adv. (εὖ, τείνω), [in LXX forשׁוֹפָר Jos.6:8 *;]
vigorously, vehemently: Luk.23:10, Act.18:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2159 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mightily1
- vehemently1
First verses
- Luke 23:10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
- Acts 18:28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: εὔτον-ος, ον,
(τείνω) well-strung, vigorous, of men's bodies or limbs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 710a31, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 24, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.216 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]: comparative, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 693)]; of men, - ώτεροι τοῖς σώμασι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.3)]; τὸ εὔ., ={εὐτονία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a, etc.: especially in Stoic philosophical (compare τόνος), 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.121, 123)]; of engines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.5.2 (_comparative_))]; of the wind, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.41)]; of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832a11)]; τὸ εὔ., name of an eyesalve, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.115; εὔ. πληγή 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 74.12.)]
b distended, εὐτόνῳ φλεβί (obscene meaning) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Neophron Tragicus (?) “Medea” in “PLit.Lond.” 77 “fragment” 2.7.)]
c elastic, yielding, -ώτερος χαλκοῦ χρυσός Porph.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.259.)]
2 active, energetic, πρόνοια [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1468.7 (3rd c.AD))]; προσοχή [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.κά (_superlative_))]; of persons, -ώτατος εἶναι with participle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 315.52 (Pessinus, 2nd c.BC).)]
3 of an orator, forcible, εὔ. τῇ φράσει [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 5.4; τῆς λέξεως τὸ εὔ. [prev. work] 3.2, cf. Ph [prev. author] “Po.” 5.5.)]
4 adverb -νως with might and main, vigorously, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1095, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 885a6, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.311, NT.Luke.23.10)]: comparative -ώτερον, τοῦ δέοντος ἀφιᾶσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 36.)]
5 strenuously, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.23, “Po.” 2p.274H.)]
6 peremptorily, -ώτερον ἐπιστεῖλαι, γράψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 1.3i14 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 2p.22, 3p.132 (compare p. x) (3rd c.BC).)]
II of the voice, well-pitched, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786b8. (Sts. as variant in codices for ἔντονος, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus [same place])]; εὔτονος is perhaps falsa lectio for{ἔντονον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 966.))]
(τείνω) well-strung, vigorous, of men's bodies or limbs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.17, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 710a31, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 24, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.216 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]: comparative, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 693)]; of men, - ώτεροι τοῖς σώμασι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.3)]; τὸ εὔ., ={εὐτονία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a, etc.: especially in Stoic philosophical (compare τόνος), 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.121, 123)]; of engines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.5.2 (_comparative_))]; of the wind, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.41)]; of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832a11)]; τὸ εὔ., name of an eyesalve, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.115; εὔ. πληγή 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 74.12.)]
b distended, εὐτόνῳ φλεβί (obscene meaning) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Neophron Tragicus (?) “Medea” in “PLit.Lond.” 77 “fragment” 2.7.)]
c elastic, yielding, -ώτερος χαλκοῦ χρυσός Porph.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.259.)]
2 active, energetic, πρόνοια [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1468.7 (3rd c.AD))]; προσοχή [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21.κά (_superlative_))]; of persons, -ώτατος εἶναι with participle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 315.52 (Pessinus, 2nd c.BC).)]
3 of an orator, forcible, εὔ. τῇ φράσει [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 5.4; τῆς λέξεως τὸ εὔ. [prev. work] 3.2, cf. Ph [prev. author] “Po.” 5.5.)]
4 adverb -νως with might and main, vigorously, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1095, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 885a6, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.311, NT.Luke.23.10)]: comparative -ώτερον, τοῦ δέοντος ἀφιᾶσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 36.)]
5 strenuously, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.23, “Po.” 2p.274H.)]
6 peremptorily, -ώτερον ἐπιστεῖλαι, γράψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 1.3i14 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 2p.22, 3p.132 (compare p. x) (3rd c.BC).)]
II of the voice, well-pitched, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 786b8. (Sts. as variant in codices for ἔντονος, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus [same place])]; εὔτονος is perhaps falsa lectio for{ἔντονον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 966.))]