Quick Definition
εὐτόνως Adv vehemently, powerfully
Strong's Definition
adverb from a compound of 2095 and a derivative of teino (to stretch); in a well-strung manner, i.e. (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense, cogently; in a bad one, fiercely)
KJV Usage: mightily, vehemently
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | τείνω (stretch, reach)
1 In the case of εὐτόνως, the aspect of degree is well balanced by the qualitative aspect of the meaning.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐτόνως, adv., (fr. evrovos, and this fr. εὖ and τείνω to stretch [cf. at full stretch, well strung, etc.]), vehemently, forcibly: Lk. xxiii. 10; Acts xviii. 28. (Josh. vi. 8; 2 Mace. xii. 23; Xen. Hier. 9,6; Arstph. Plut. 1095; Diod., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐτόνως eutonōs 2x
intensely, vehemently, strenuously, Lk. 23:10; Acts 18:28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐτόνως adv.
(< εὖ, τείνω), [in LXX forבַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת Jos 6:7(8) * ;]
vigorously, vehemently: Lk 23:10, Ac 18:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐτόνως. For the comparative of this adverb which in the NT is confined to Lk, cf. P Lille I. 3414 (B.c. 241-0) ἐπ]ιστεῖλαι εὐτονώτερον, P Petr IT. 9 (1)8 (B.c. 241-39) καλῶς ποιήσεις εὐτονώτερον γράψας ᾿Ανδροσθένει, id. 14. (2) γράψον οὖν εὐτονώτερον Θερῶνι. For the adj. cf. P Oxy XII. 1468? (¢. A.D. 258) ἡ σὴ εὔτονος kal περὶ πάντα ἀκοίμητος πρόνοια, “your active and in all cases unresting vigilance’’ (Edd.), OGIS 315° (mid. ii/B.c.) XA@pos δ᾽ εὐτονώτατος ἣν τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ προτείνων : for the subst., BGU III. 786i} (ii/A.D.) διὰ τῆς [σ]ῆς ε[ὐ]τονίας : and for the verb, 24. 97.015 (A.D. 177) ἐὰν γένηται μὴ εὐτονῆσαι αὐτὸν [ἀ]ποδοῦναί μοι τὴν προῖκα, Michel 156439 (A.D. 175) εὐτονήσουσι γὰρ οἱ προεστῶτες τοῦ μηδὲν αὐτῶν λυθῆναι, and 20. 4%.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐτόνως (eutonōs) — vehemently. Included with: εὔτον-ος, ον, (τείνω) well-strung, vigorous, of men's bodies or limbs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of men, - ώτεροι τοῖς σώμασι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ εὔ., ={εὐτονία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of engines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of the wind, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ εὔ., name of an eyesalve, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __b distended, εὐτόνῳ φλεβί (obscene meaning) [Refs 5th c.BC+] __c elastic, yielding, -ώτερος χαλκοῦ χρυσός Porph.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. active, energetic, πρόνοια [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; προσοχή [Refs 4th c.AD+]; of persons, -ώτατος εἶναι with participle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. of an orator, forcible, εὔ. τῇ φράσει [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. adverb -νως with might and main, vigorously, [NT+5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον, τοῦ δέοντος ἀφιᾶσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. strenuously, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
6. peremptorily, -ώτερον ἐπιστεῖλαι, γράψαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. of the voice, well-pitched, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὔτονος is perhaps falsa lectio for{ἔντονον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]