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Koine Greek wordlink #84631

SR GNT Acts 4:30 ἐκτείνειν (ekteinein) ‘that the hand to_be stretching_out to you for healing’ Strongs=16140 Lemma=ekteinō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=33 AD Event=Believers_pray_for_boldness TimeSeries=Believers_pray_for_boldness

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἐκτείνειν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκτείνειν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be stretching_out’.

Acts 27:30 ‘the bow anchors going to_be stretching_out’ SR GNT Acts 27:30 word 24

OET-LV: 30 And the the_sailors seeking to _flee out _of the ship, and having _lowered the lifeboat into the sea, on _under _pretense as going to _be _stretching _out anchors from the_bow, (ACT_27:30)

OET-RV: 30 Then the sailors lowered the lifeboat as if planning to pull out some anchors from the bow, but really planning to desert the ship. (ACT 27:30)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ekteinō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having stretched_out’, ‘to_be stretching_out’, ‘he stretched_out it’, ‘you will_be stretching_out’, ‘you_all stretched_out’, ‘stretch_out’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐκτείνειν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘stretching_out’

YHN 21:18 ἐκτενεῖς (ekteneis) V-IFA2··S ‘whenever but you may age you will_be stretching_out the hands of you’ SR GNT Yhn 21:18 word 18

OET-LV: 18 Truly, truly, I _am _saying to _you, when you _were younger, you _were _girding yourself, and you _were _walking where you _were _wanting, but whenever you _may _age, you _will _be _stretching _out the hands of _you, and another will _be _girding you, and will _be _bringing where you _are_ not _wanting. (JHN_21:18)

OET-RV: 18 “I can assure you that while you are young, you dress yourself and go wherever you want to go, but as you age, you’ll be stretching out your hands and others will dress you and will take you where you don’t want to go.” (JHN 21:18)

PHP 3:13 ἐπεκτεινόμενος (epekteinomenos) V-PPM·NMS Lemma=epekteinō ‘to the things on_the_other_hand ahead stretching_out’ SR GNT Php 3:13 word 18

OET-LV: 13 Brothers, I myself not am _counting to _have _grasped it, but I _do one thing: the things on _one _hand behind forgetting, on _the _other _hand to _the things ahead stretching _out, (PHP_3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Brothers and sisters, I’m not under the illusion that I’ve already grabbed it, but I do do this one thing: forgetting what’s behind me, and taking long strides towards what’s ahead of me, (PHP 3:13)

Key: V=verb