noun · feminine

ekteneias

Greekἐκτένεια (ekteneia)

Strong’sG1616

earnestness, strenuousness, intentness

stem ektenei-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

earnestness1×

What it means

**† ἐκ-τένεια, -ας, ἡ

(< ἐκτενής), [in LXX: Jth 4:9, II Mac 14:38, III Mac 6:41 *;]

zeal, intentness, earnestness (cf. Deiss., BS, 262): Ac 26:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1616 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-ten'-i-ah

intentness

Fromfrom G1618;

King JamesX instantly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ekteneias	ekteneiais
object accusative	ekteneian	ekteneiain
direct address vocative	ekteneiar	ekteneiair
of, belonging to genitive	ekteneiau	ekteneiaiu
to, for dative	ekteneia1×ἐκτενείᾳ	ekteneiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ekteneistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ekteneia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ekteneia“earnestness”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 26:7“earnestness”eis han tem dōdekafulem nu en ekteneia nuxan kai hēmeran latreuarōtem elpizatō katantara; peri hau elpiau enkalimō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor;the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.