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Earnestness

ἐκτένειαStrong’s G1616

ekteneia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Ekteneia is the Greek word usually translated “earnestness”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.”
Acts 26:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “earnestness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • earnestness 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐκτένεια ekteneia · earnestness

    ἐκ-τένεια, -ας, ἡ (ἐκτενής), [in LXX: Jdth.4:9, 2Ma.14:38, 3Ma.6:41 * ;] zeal, intentness, earnestness (cf. Deiss., BS, 262): Act.26:7.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “earnestness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    EARNESTNESS, noun

    ern'estness. Ardor or zeal in the pursuit of any thing; eagerness; animated desire; as, to seek or ask with earnestness; to engage in a work with earnestness

    1. Anxious care; solicitude; intenseness of desire.
    2. Fixed desire or attention; seriousness; as, the charge was maintained with a show of gravity and earnestness

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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