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Lexicon :: Strong's G1617 - ektenesteron

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ἐκτενέστερον
Transliteration
ektenesteron (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-ten-es'-ter-on
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of the comparative of ἐκτενής (G1618)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:463,219

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκτενέστερον ektenésteron, ek-ten-es'-ter-on; neuter of the comparative of G1618; more intently:—more earnestly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1617 in the following manner: more earnestly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1617 in the following manner: more earnestly (1x).

  1. more intently, more earnestly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκτενέστερον ektenésteron, ek-ten-es'-ter-on; neuter of the comparative of G1618; more intently:—more earnestly.
STRONGS G1617:
ἐκτενής, -ές, (ἐκτείνω), properly, stretched out; figuratively, intent, earnest, assiduous: προσευχή, Acts 12:5 R G (εὐχή, Ignatius [interpolated] ad Eph. 10; δέησις κ. ἱκεσία, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 2); ἀγάπη, 1 Peter 4:8. Neuter of the comparitive ἐκτενέστερον, as adverb, more intently, more earnestly, Luke 22:44 [L brackets WH reject the passage]. (ἐκτενὴς φίλος, Aeschylus suppl. 983; Polybius 22, 5, 4; then very often from Philo on; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
22:44
Acts
12:5
1 Peter
4:8

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Strong's Number G1617 matches the Greek ἐκτενέστερον (ektenesteron),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον G1617 προσηύχετο καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν
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