Strong's Lexicon
G1901 — ἐπεκτείνομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1901 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπεκτείνομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1909 and G1614 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | epekteinomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ek-tei'-nom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to stretch (oneself) forward upon |
| KJV Renderings: | reach forth |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπεκτείνω: (present middle participle ἐπεκτεινόμενος); to stretch out to or toward; middle, to stretch (oneself) forward to: with the dative of thing indicating the direction (Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 7), Php 3:13 (14) (see ἔμπροσθεν, 1 at the end).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπεκτείνομαι (reach forth)
Philippians 3:13
- KJV: Brethren I count not myself to have apprehended but one thing forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before
- GK: αδελφοί εγώ εμαυτόν ου λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι εν δε τα μεν οπίσω επιλανθανόμενος τοις δε έμπροσθεν επεκτεινόμενος
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