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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ἐκτενῶςG1619
Pronunciationektenōs
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 Itdeeply1×1 Peter 1:22
fervently1×Acts 12:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 12:5
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts11 Peter1
Source forms
ἐκτενῶς2xektenōsActs 12:5, 1 Peter 1:22
Parsing patterns
Adverb2xActs 12:5, 1 Peter 1:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Intense, sustained effort or emotion; fervent prayer or love marked by wholehearted dedication
Strong'sG1619
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
intently
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 1:22Adverb
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 patterns1Aligned forms2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Acts 12:5 · 1 Pet 1:222×
Word Origins
ἐκτενῶς is built from this root: