Greek verb · G1614
ἐκτείνω
ekteinoek-ti'-no
to stretch out
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekteínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1614is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1614
to extend
The King James renders it: cast, put forth, stretch forth (out).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekteino is rendered "to stretch out". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:3ἐκτείνας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having stretched out7
- do stretch out3
- he stretched out2
- did you stretch out1
- stretching out1
- to cast out1
- you will stretch forth1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐκτελέω | ekteleo | to finish up | Uses2 |
| ἐκτενῶς | ektenos | fervently | Uses2 |
| ἐκτενής | ektenes | fervent | Uses1 |
| ἐκτένεια | ekteneia | earnestness | Uses1 |
| ἐκτενέστερον | ektenesteron | earnestly | Uses1 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκτείνας7
- ἐκτείνειν2
- ἔκτεινον2
- ἐξέτεινεν2
- ἔκτεινόν1
- ἐκτενεῖς1
- ἐξετείνατε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular3V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-FAI-2S
Matthew
six uses
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.
- ἔκτεινόνekteinonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stretch out
- ἐξέτεινενexeteinenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stretched out
Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
Mark
three uses
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- ἔκτεινονekteinonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stretch out
- ἐξέτεινενexeteinenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he stretched out
Luke
three uses
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.
- ἔκτεινονekteinonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do stretch out
Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
- ἐξετείνατεexeteinateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did you stretch out
John
one use
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
- ἐκτενεῖςekteneisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will stretch forth
Acts
three uses
as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- ἐκτείνεινekteineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: stretching out
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- ἐκτείναςekteinasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having stretched out
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- ἐκτείνεινekteineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cast out
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.