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To stretch out

ἐκτείνωStrong’s G1614

ekteinō

Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ekteinō is the Greek word usually translated “having stretched out”, “do stretch out” and “stretched out”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.

“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Matthew 8:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having stretched out”, “do stretch out” and “stretched out”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having stretched out 7
  • do stretch out 3
  • he stretched out 2
  • did you stretch out 1
  • you will stretch forth 1
  • stretching out 1
  • to cast out 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 5
  • Luke 3
  • Acts 3
  • Mark 2
  • John 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐκτείνω ekteinō · to stretch out

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.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.