What does ἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteínomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteínomai): Stretching forward in striving toward a goal; metaphor for pressing ahead in spiritual pursuit.
Greek · G1901
ἐπεκτείνομαι
To stretch (oneself) forward upon
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ἐπεκτείνομαιG1901
Pronunciationepekteínomai
What does ἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteínomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteínomai): Stretching forward in striving toward a goal; metaphor for pressing ahead in spiritual pursuit.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1901?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include straining toward (1).
Where does ἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteínomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 3:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (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 Itstraining toward1×Philippians 3:13
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Usage map
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First aligned rowPhilippians 3:13
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philippians1
Source forms
ἐπεκτεινόμενος1xepekteinomenosPhilippians 3:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular1xPhilippians 3:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Stretching forward in striving toward a goal; metaphor for pressing ahead in spiritual pursuit.
Strong'sG1901
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to stretch (oneself) forward upon
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Stretching forward in striving toward a goal; metaphor for pressing ahead in spiritual pursuit.
to extend: mid., to stretch forward: with dative, Php.3:13.
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.
Philippians 3:13Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐπεκτεινόμενος,epekteinomenov
I strain after
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Present MiddlePhil 3:131×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
middle1
Mood
participle1
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐπεκτείνομαι is built from these roots: