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.STRONGS NT 1616: ἐκτένεια

ἐκτένεια, 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).)

earnestness, intentness

From ektenes; intentness -- X instantly.

see GREEK ektenes

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