adjective
ektenesterem
Strong’sG1617
more earnestly
stem ektenester-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Strong’s G1617 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidek-ten-es'-ter-on
more intently
Fromneuter of the comparative of G1618;
King Jamesmore earnestly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
strained: hence of persons, warmly attached, friendly, Refs 5th c.BC+; assiduous, περί τινα Refs 2nd c.BC+: comparative - έστερος τῇ προθυμίᾳ Refs 2nd c.BC+: superlative - εστάτη προθυμία Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 extended, Refs 5th c.AD+; capable of extension, ἐ. ἐστι τὸ μεταδίδον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Refs 5th c.AD+
3 abundant, γάλα Refs 2nd c.AD+
II adverb -νῶς (Elean ἐκτενέωρ Refs Ionic dialect -έως Ps.-Refs 5th c.BC+ earnestly, zealously, ἀγαπᾶσθαι Machoap.Refs 4th c.BC+; εὐχὴ ἐ. γινομένη NT: comparative -έστερον Refs 1st c.BC+: superlative -έστατα Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 in adverb also, eagerly, freely, splendidly (condemned by Refs 2nd c.BC+; of public duties, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. τετελεκότα Refs: comparative, πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐκτενέστερον τῶν ἄλλων Refs 2nd c.BC+—Not in early writers, corrupt in Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ektenesteros | ektenesteras | ektenesterem | ektenesterois | ektenesterais | ektenestereim |
| object accusative | ektenesteron | ektenesteran | ektenesteroin | ektenesterain | ||
| direct address vocative | ektenesteror | ektenesterar | ektenesteroir | ektenesterair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ektenesterou | ektenesterau | ektenestereu | ektenesteroiu | ektenesteraiu | ektenestereiu |
| to, for dative | ektenestero | ektenestera | ektenestere | ektenesteroi | ektenesterai | ektenesterei |
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
ektenester 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ektenesterem1×
Luke 22:44kai generantos en agōnia ektenesterem proseuchote; kai geneta tos hidrōtos autou …And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops …