verb
epekteinomō
Strong’sG1901
I strain after
stem epektein-once in the New Testament1 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.
* ἐπ-εκ-τείνω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1901 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
stretch, Refs 2nd c.AD+, +others; extend, [Refs 4th c.BC+:— passive, to be extended, extend, Refs
2 intransitive, extend, Refs; of a people or country, Refs 1st c.BC+: with dative, extend over, Refs 6th c.AD+
3 passive, extend beyond, Refs 4th c.BC+; reach out towards, Refs.
4 Tact., extend, Refs 1st c.BC+.
5 expand, Refs 2nd c.AD+.
II lengthen, prolong, Refs 1st c.AD+.
II.2 pronounce a syllable as long, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 lengthen a word, by inserting a vowel or otherwise (as πόληος for πόλεως), ἐπεκτεταμένον, opposed to ἀφῃρημένον, Refspassive, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III make more burdensome, Refs 1st 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epekteinorōntosἐπεκτεινόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | reaching forward | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epekteinomō | epekteinome | epekteinomē | epekteinomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epekteinosō | epekteinose | epekteinosē | epekteinoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epekteinotō | epekteinote | epekteinotē | epekteinotelē |
| we 1st person plural | epekteinonō | epekteinone | epekteinonē | epekteinonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epekteinovō | epekteinove | epekteinovē | epekteinovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epekteinolō | epekteinole | epekteinolē | epekteinolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epekteinomeiō | epekteinomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epekteinoseiō | epekteinoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epekteinoteiō | epekteinoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | epekteinoneiō | epekteinoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epekteinoveiō | epekteinoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epekteinoleiō | epekteinoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epekteinosōr | epekteinosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epekteinotōr | epekteinotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epekteinovōr | epekteinovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epekteinolōr | epekteinolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epekteinomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | epekteinosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epekteinotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | epekteinonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | epekteinovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | epekteinoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | epekteinorō | epekteinorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | epekteinorōntos1×ἐπεκτεινόμενος | epekteinorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epektein 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
epekteinorōntos“reaching forward”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
Philippians 3:13“reaching forward”… men opisō epilathorōntos tei de emprosthen epekteinorōntos,… I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,