Lexical Summary ekteneia: zeal, intentness Original Word: ἐκτένειαTransliteration: ekteneia Phonetic Spelling: (ek-ten'-i-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: zeal, intentness Meaning: zeal, intentness Strong's Concordance earnestness, intentnessFrom ektenes; intentness -- X instantly. see GREEK ektenes Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1616: ἐκτένειαἐκτένεια, ἐκτενειας, ἡ (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).) |