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Bible Dictionaries
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
Search Results: "fervent
Title Matches: 4
Fervent, Fervently
(Strong's #1618 — Adjective — ektenes — ek-ten-ace' ) denotes "strained, stretched" (ek, "out," teino, "to stretch"); hence, metaphorically, "fervent," 1 Peter 4:8 . Some mss. have it in Acts 12:5 , for the adverb (see B). Cp. ekteneia (with en), "intently, strenuously," in Acts 26:7 , AV,
(Strong's #1618 — Adjective — ektenes — ek-ten-ace' ) denotes "strained, stretched" (ek, "out," teino, "to stretch"); hence, metaphorically, "fervent," 1 Peter 4:8 . Some mss. have it in Acts 12:5 , for the adverb (see B). Cp. ekteneia (with en), "intently, strenuously," in Acts 26:7 , AV,
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