adjective

ektenas

Greekἐκτενής (ektenēs)

Strong’sG1618

intent, constant, strenuous, intense

stem ekten-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

constant1×

What it means

** ἐκτενής, -ές

(< ἐκτείνω), [in LXX: III Mac 3:10 5:29 *;]

stretched, strained. Metaph., earnest, zealous: I Pe 4:8.†

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

Strong’s G1618 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-ten-ace'

intent

Fromfrom G1614;

King Jameswithout ceasing, fervent.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ektenos	ektenas	ektenem	ektenois	ektenais	ekteneim
object accusative	ektenon	ektenan1×ἐκτενῆ		ektenoin	ektenain
direct address vocative	ektenor	ektenar		ektenoir	ektenair
of, belonging to genitive	ektenou	ektenau	ekteneu	ektenoiu	ektenaiu	ekteneiu
to, for dative	ekteno	ektena	ektene	ektenoi	ektenai	ektenei

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

ektenstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ekten 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

ektenan“constant”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Peter 4:8“constant”pro panteiu tan eis heautoin agapan ektenan echarōtois, hoti agapas kaluptatō plēthem hamartaiu;Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.