Quick Definition
I stretch out, cast forth
Strong's Definition
to extend
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and teino (to stretch);
KJV Usage: cast, put forth, stretch forth (out)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκτείνω; future ἐκτενῶ; 1 aorist ἐξέτεινα; (from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Herodotus down); the Sept. common for πΘθΘδ, τΘΜψΗω� and ωΘΡμΗη; to stretch out, stretch forth: τήν χεῖρα (often in the Sept.), Mat_8:3; Mat_12:13; Mat_14:31; Mat_26:51; Mar_1:41; Mar_3:5; Luk_5:13; Luk_6:10; Joh_21:18; Act_26:1; with the addition of ἐπί τινα, over, toward, against one either to point out something, Mat_12:49, or to lay hold of a person in order to do him violence, Luk_22:53; ἐκτείνειν τήν χεῖρα εἰς ἴασιν, spoken of God, Act_4:30; ἀγκύρας, properly, to carry forward (R. V. lay out) the cable to which the anchor is fastened, i. e. to cast anchor (the idea of extending the cables runs into that of carrying out and dropping the anchors (Hackett); cf. B. D. American edition, p. 3009a last paragraph), Act_27:30. (Compare: ἐπτείνω,
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκτείνω ekteinō 16x
to stretch out, Mat_8:3 ; Mat_12:13 ;
to lay hands on any one, Luk_22:53 ;
to exert power and energy, Act_4:30 ;
to cast out, let down an anchor, Act_27:30 stretch out.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ -τείνω ,
[in LXX for H7971 , H5186 , etc.;]
to stretch out or forth : τ . χεῖρα (as often in LXX ), Mat_8:3 ; Mat_12:13 ; Mat_14:31 ; Mat_26:51 , Mar_1:41 ; Mar_3:5 , Luk_5:13 ; Luk_6:10 Joh_21:18 , Act_26:1 ; seq . ἐπί , c . acc pers ., towards , Mat_12:49 ; against , Luk_22:53 ; εἰς ἴασιν , Act_4:30 ; of anchors, to cast , Act_27:30 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκτείνω [page 198]
In a curious temple-oath of B.C. 110, Chrest. I. 110A .21 , provision is made that if one of two contracting parties takes the oath, it shall fall to the other ἐκτείνειν . . . τῷ κοινω̣̑ οἴνου κε (ράμιον ) ᾱ παραχρῆμα , cf. .25 . See Syll 540 .128 (B.C. 175 1) ἐκτείνας τὴν λινέην κατὰ κεφαλή [ν , and somewhat differently ib. 802 .28 (iii/B.C.) : also the inscr. on the wall of a sepulchral chamber Preisigke 2134 .5 (time of the Antonines) σὺ μὲν τέθνηκας καὶ ἐξέτεινας τὰ σκέλη . For the force of the ἐκ see s.v. ἐκπετάννυμι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκτείνω fut. -τενῶ perf. -τέτᾶκα pass. -τέτα^μαι "to stretch out", Hdt. , attic: τὰ γόνατα ἐκτ. "to straighten" the knees, Ar. : ἐκτ. νέκυν "to lay" one dead, Eur. :—Pass. "to be outstretched, lie at length", Soph. "to stretch or spread out" a net, Aesch. : "to extend the line of" an army, Eur. "to stretch out, prolong", λόγον Hdt. , attic "to put to the full stretch", of a horse put to full speed, Xen. ; πᾶσαν προθυμίην ἐκτ. "to put forth" all one's zeal, Hdt. :—metaph. in Pass. "to be on the rack", Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-τείνω
[in LXX for שָׁלַח, נָטָה, etc. ;]
to stretch out or forth: τ. χεῖρα (as often in LXX), Mat.8:3 12:13 14:31 26:51, Mrk.1:41 3:5, Luk.5:13 6:10 Jhn.21:18, Act.26:1; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), towards, Mat.12:49; against, Luk.22:53; εἰς ἴασιν, Act.4:30; of anchors, to cast, Act.27:30.†
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