1616. ekteneia
Strong's Concordance
ekteneia: zeal, intentness
Original Word: ἐκτένεια, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ekteneia
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah)
Short Definition: earnestness, strenuousness, intentness
Definition: earnestness, strenuousness, intentness, zeal.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1616: ἐκτένεια

ἐκτένεια, ἐκτενειας, (ἐκτενής), a later Greek word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311);

a. properly, extension.

b. intentness (of mind), earnestness: ἐν ἐκτένεια, earnestly, Acts 26:7. (2 Macc. 14:38; Judith 4:9. Cf. Grimm on 3Macc. 6:41 (where he refers to Cicero, ad Att. 10, 17, 1).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
earnestness, intentness

From ektenes; intentness -- X instantly.

see GREEK ektenes

Forms and Transliterations
εκτενεια εκτενεία ἐκτενείᾳ ekteneia ekteneíāi
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ἐκτενείᾳ — 1 Occ.

Acts 26:7 N-DFS
GRK: ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ
INT: of us in earnestness night and

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