adverb

ektenōs

Greekἐκτενῶς (ektenōs)

Strong’sG1619

earnestly, strenuously

stem ektenō-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

fervently2×

What it means

ἐκτενῶς

adv.,

[in LXX: Jh.3.8 (חׇזְקָה), Jl 1:14, Jth 4:12, III Mac 5:9 *;]

fervently, earnestly: Ac 12:5, I Pe 1:22; compar., Lk 22:44 (WH br., R, mg., omits).†

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

Strong’s G1619 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-ten-oce'

intently

Fromadverb from G1618;

King Jamesfervently.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ektenōs2×

Acts 12:5“fervently”tos men oun Petros tērite en ta fulaka; proseuchas de ate ektenōs ginerōtas hupo tau ekklēsau pros ton theon peri autou.So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

1 Peter 1:22“fervently”Tain psuchain vu hagnizarētois en ta hupakoa tau alētheiau eis filadelfian anupokritan ek kardiau allēloin agapavar ektenōs,Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.