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Strong's #1616 - ἐκτένεια
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- intentness (of mind), earnestness
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ἐκτέν-εια, ἡ,
I zeal, assiduousness, Molpis 3, PPetr. 3p.18 (iii B. C.), Phld. D. 3.2, etc.; 'gush', 'empressement', Cic. Att. 10.17.1; ἐ. καὶ φιλοτιμία IG 22.1343.28, cf. Hierocl.p.62A.; τὰν πᾶσαν ἐ. καὶ κακοπαθίαν παρεχόμενος IG 12(1).1032.10 (Carpathos), cf. Inscr.Prien. 107.20, al. (ii B. C.), UPZ 110.12 (ii B. C.), etc.; ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ eagerly, Acts 26:7, cf. LXX Ju. 4.9; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. ib. 2 Maccabees 14:38.
II abundance, ξύλων Hdn. 7.2.4, cf. 8.2.6.
III extension, Dam. Pr. 65.
ἐκτένεια, ἐκτενειας, ἡ (ἐκτενής), a later Greek word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 311);
a. properly, extension.
b. intentness (of mind), earnestness: ἐν ἐκτένεια, earnestly, Acts 26:7. (2 Macc. 14:38; Judith 4:9. Cf. Grimm on 3Macc. 6:41 (where he refers to Cicero, ad Att. 10, 17, 1).)
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**† ἐκ -τένεια , -ας , ἡ
(< ἐκτενής ),
[in LXX: Judith 4:9, 2 Maccabees 14:38, 3 Maccabees 6:41 *;]
zeal, intentness, earnestness (cf. Deiss., BS, 262): Acts 26:7.†
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This subst., which is unknown to Attic Greek (cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 311), is found in its ethical meaning, as in Acts 26:7 (cf. 2 Maccabees 14:38 al.), in P Par 63i. 12 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 18) καλῶς ποιήσεις τὴν πᾶσαν προσενεγκάμενος ἐκτένε ̣ι ̣αν καὶ π [ρο ]νοηθείς, ";you will do well in using every effort and taking every precaution"; (Mahaffy) : cf. from the inscrr. Priene 108.382 (after B.C. 129) ἡ τοῦ δήμου πρὸς τοὺς εὐεργετοῦντας [αὐτὸν ἐ ]κτένεια δι᾽ αἰῶνος ἐπίσημον ἔχῃ τὴν χα ̣[ριν, IMAe 1032.10 (ii/B.C.) τὰν πᾶσαν ἐκτένειαν καὶ κακοπαθίαν παρεχόμενος, Syll 732.28 (i/B.C.) ἡ σύνοδος ἀποδεξαμένη τὴν ἐκτένειαν καὶ φιλοτιμίαν αὐτοῦ, and Cagnat IV. 984.6 μετὰ πάσης ἐκτενείας καὶ λαμπρότητος.
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