Strong G3905παρατείνω
to prolong
- Transliteration
- parateinō
- Pronunciation
- par-at-i'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3844 and τείνω teinō (to stretch); to extend along that is prolong (in point of time): - continue.
Detailed definition
παρα-τείνω
[in LXX: Num.23:28 (שָׁקַף ni.), etc.;]
to extend, prolong: τ. λόγον, Act.20:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.23:28 (שָׁקַף ni.), etc.;]
to extend, prolong: τ. λόγον, Act.20:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3905 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- continue1
First verses
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
παρατείνω,
future -τενῶ[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: perfect -τέτᾰκα[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.832f)]:—stretch out along, beside, or near, χεῖρες παρατεταμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 13; βραχίων παρὰ τὰς πλευρὰς παρατεταμένος [prev. author] “Art.” 1)]; extend, deploy, τὴν φάλαγγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.48; π. ἔλυτρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185; παρετέτατο ἡ τάφρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.15)]: —passive, extend along (see. below [Refs (11.1))]; to be stretched at length, laid low, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 213.)]
2. stretch on the rack, torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.135d: _metaphorically_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11)]:—passive, to be tortured, λιμῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207b)]; to be worn out, with participle, παρετάθη μακρὰν σδὸν πορευθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.6)]; παρατέταμαι λιπαρὰ κάπτων I am nigh dead with eating dainties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 506.1; γελῶντες.. ὀλίγου παρετάθησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 303b; παραταθήσεται ὑπὸ σοῦ.. θαμὰ λέγοντος [prev. author] “Ly.” 204c)]; but πολιορκίᾳ παρατενεῖσθαι ἐς τοὔσχατον will strain themselves to the uttermost, hold out to the last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46.)]
3. prolong, protract, τοὺς λόγους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455b2)]; μῦθον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1451b38; ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὴν διάσκεψιν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 29, compare “DMort.” 4.2; τὴν ἀκρόασιν [prev. author] “Im.” 13)]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Am.” 4, etc.; ἐνεστῶτος τοῦ παρατεινομένου 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 253.3.)]
3.b. delay, τὴν ἀπόδοσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 10 (2nd c.AD).)]
4. apply a figure to a straight line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87a: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “R.” 527a.)]
5. κοιλίαν π. relax the bowels, Philistio cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.115e.)]
6. lengthen in pronunciation, ὄνομα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13)]; prolong a sound, of echo, [Refs ([prev. author] “Dom.” 3.)]
II. intransitive, stretch or lie beside or along, of a wall, a line of country, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.180: with _accusative_ loci, τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην φέροντα ὁ Καύκασος παρατείνει [prev. work] 203, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]:—passive, παρατέταται ὄρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, compare 4.38; ἡ δέ γ᾽ Εὔβοια.. ἡδὶ παρατέταται (with a pun on signification 1.1 in next line), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 212; also παρατείνειν παρὰ τὰ μέρη 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.31.5: with _dative_, π. τῷ κόλπῳ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.2.2: so _metaphorically_, ψυχὴ μικρῷ σώματι -τείνουσα Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 1055.10.)]
II.2. extend, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐντέρου κάτω π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 529a22)]; extend over, πάντας χρόνους καὶ τόπους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.11 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
II.3. of Time, extend, ἐνιαυτοῦ μῆκος π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.7.4; παρατείνοντος τοῦ πότου 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 8.5; πόλεμος π. εἰς ἔτη μ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 48)]; continue one's life, live, ἕως.., μέχρι.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.832f, 839e; ἐπὶ τρεῖς γενεάς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 3.)]
II.4. as aux. Verb, with participle, ποῖ παρατενεῖς δεδιὼς ταῦτ; how long will you go on fearing this ? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.22, compare 5.26.)]
future -τενῶ[Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: perfect -τέτᾰκα[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.832f)]:—stretch out along, beside, or near, χεῖρες παρατεταμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 13; βραχίων παρὰ τὰς πλευρὰς παρατεταμένος [prev. author] “Art.” 1)]; extend, deploy, τὴν φάλαγγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.48; π. ἔλυτρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185; παρετέτατο ἡ τάφρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.15)]: —passive, extend along (see. below [Refs (11.1))]; to be stretched at length, laid low, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 213.)]
2. stretch on the rack, torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.135d: _metaphorically_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11)]:—passive, to be tortured, λιμῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207b)]; to be worn out, with participle, παρετάθη μακρὰν σδὸν πορευθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.6)]; παρατέταμαι λιπαρὰ κάπτων I am nigh dead with eating dainties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 506.1; γελῶντες.. ὀλίγου παρετάθησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 303b; παραταθήσεται ὑπὸ σοῦ.. θαμὰ λέγοντος [prev. author] “Ly.” 204c)]; but πολιορκίᾳ παρατενεῖσθαι ἐς τοὔσχατον will strain themselves to the uttermost, hold out to the last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46.)]
3. prolong, protract, τοὺς λόγους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455b2)]; μῦθον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 1451b38; ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὴν διάσκεψιν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 29, compare “DMort.” 4.2; τὴν ἀκρόασιν [prev. author] “Im.” 13)]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Am.” 4, etc.; ἐνεστῶτος τοῦ παρατεινομένου 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 253.3.)]
3.b. delay, τὴν ἀπόδοσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 10 (2nd c.AD).)]
4. apply a figure to a straight line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87a: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “R.” 527a.)]
5. κοιλίαν π. relax the bowels, Philistio cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.115e.)]
6. lengthen in pronunciation, ὄνομα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 13)]; prolong a sound, of echo, [Refs ([prev. author] “Dom.” 3.)]
II. intransitive, stretch or lie beside or along, of a wall, a line of country, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.180: with _accusative_ loci, τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην φέροντα ὁ Καύκασος παρατείνει [prev. work] 203, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8)]:—passive, παρατέταται ὄρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8, compare 4.38; ἡ δέ γ᾽ Εὔβοια.. ἡδὶ παρατέταται (with a pun on signification 1.1 in next line), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 212; also παρατείνειν παρὰ τὰ μέρη 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.31.5: with _dative_, π. τῷ κόλπῳ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.2.2: so _metaphorically_, ψυχὴ μικρῷ σώματι -τείνουσα Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 1055.10.)]
II.2. extend, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐντέρου κάτω π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 529a22)]; extend over, πάντας χρόνους καὶ τόπους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.11 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
II.3. of Time, extend, ἐνιαυτοῦ μῆκος π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.7.4; παρατείνοντος τοῦ πότου 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 8.5; πόλεμος π. εἰς ἔτη μ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 48)]; continue one's life, live, ἕως.., μέχρι.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.832f, 839e; ἐπὶ τρεῖς γενεάς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 3.)]
II.4. as aux. Verb, with participle, ποῖ παρατενεῖς δεδιὼς ταῦτ; how long will you go on fearing this ? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.22, compare 5.26.)]