What does ἐκτενῶς (ektenōs) mean in the Bible?
ἐκτενῶς (ektenōs): Intense, sustained effort or emotion; fervent prayer or love marked by wholehearted dedication
Greek · G1619
ἐκτενῶς
Intently
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ἐκτενῶς G1619
Pronunciation ektenōs
What does ἐκτενῶς (ektenōs) mean in the Bible?
ἐκτενῶς (ektenōs): Intense, sustained effort or emotion; fervent prayer or love marked by wholehearted dedication
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1619?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include deeply (1), fervently (1).
Where does ἐκτενῶς (ektenōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 12:5. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It deeply 1× 1 Peter 1:22
fervently 1× Acts 12:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 12:5
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἐκτενῶς 2x ektenōs Acts 12:5, 1 Peter 1:22
Parsing patterns
Adverb 2x Acts 12:5, 1 Peter 1:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Intense, sustained effort or emotion; fervent prayer or love marked by wholehearted dedication
Strong's G1619
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
intently
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Intense, sustained effort or emotion; fervent prayer or love marked by wholehearted dedication
adv., [in LXX: Jon.3.8 (חׇזְקָה), Jol.1:14, Jdth.4:12, 3Ma.5:9 * ;] fervently, earnestly: Act.12:5, 1Pe.1:22; compar., Luk.22:44 (WH br., R, mg., omits).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 1:22 Adverb
ἐκτενῶς· ektenwv
earnestly, strenuously
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Acts 12:5 · 1 Pet 1:22 2×
Word Origins
ἐκτενῶς is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain