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Strong's #3905 - παρατείνω
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- to extend beside, to stretch out lengthwise, to extend
- to prolong
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παρατείνω,
fut. -τενῶ Hsch.: pf. -τέτᾰκα Plu. 2.832f: —
stretch out along, beside, or near, χεῖρες παρατεταμέναι Hp. Fract. 13; βραχίων παρὰ τὰς πλευρὰς παρατεταμένος Id. Art. 1; extend, deploy, τὴν φάλαγγα X. An. 7.3.48; π. ἔλυτρον Hdt. 1.185; παρετέτατο ἡ τάφρος X. An. 1.7.15: — Pass., extend along (v. infr. 11.1); to be stretched at length, laid low, Ar. Nu. 213.
2.. stretch on the rack, torture, Plu. 2.135d: metaph., X. Cyr. 1.3.11: — Pass., to be tortured, λιμῷ Pl. Smp. 207b; to be worn out, c. part., παρετάθη μακρὰν σδὸν πορευθείς X. Mem. 3.13.6; παρατέταμαι λιπαρὰ κάπτων I am nigh dead with eating dainties, Ar. Fr. 506.1; γελῶντες.. ὀλίγου παρετάθησαν Pl. Euthd. 303b; παραταθήσεται ὑπὸ σοῦ.. θαμὰ λέγοντος Id. Ly. 204c; but πολιορκίᾳ παρατενεῖσθαι ἐς τοὔσχατον will strain themselves to the uttermost, hold out to the last, Th. 3.46.
3.. prolong, protract, τοὺς λόγους Arist. Po. 1455b2; μῦθον ib. 1451b38; ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὴν διάσκεψιν Luc. Icar. 29, cf. DMort. 4.2; τὴν ἀκρόασιν Id. Im. 13: — Pass., Id. Amos 4:1-13, etc.; ἐνεστῶτος τοῦ παρατεινομένου A.D. Synt. 253.3.. delay, τὴν ἀπόδοσιν POxy. 237 viii 10 (ii A. D.).
4.. apply a figure to a straight line, Pl. Men. 87a: abs., Id. R. 527a.
5.. κοιλίαν π. relax the bowels, Philistio ap. Ath. 3.115e.
6.. lengthen in pronunciation, ὄνομα Luc. Luct. 13; prolong a sound, of echo, Id. Dom. 3.
II. intr., stretch or lie beside or along, of a wall, a line of country, etc., Hdt. 1.180: c. acc. loci, τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην φέροντα ὁ Καύκασος παρατείνει ib. 203, cf. Th. 4.8: — Pass., παρατέταται ὄρος Hdt. 2.8, cf. 4.38; ἡ δέ γ' Εὔβοια.. ἡδὶ παρατέταται (with a pun on signf. 1.1 in next line), Ar. Nu. 212; also παρατείνειν παρὰ τὰ μέρη Plb. 6.31.5: c. dat., π. τῷ κόλπῳ Str. 8.2.2: so metaph., ψυχὴ μικρῷ σώματι -τείνουσα Demetr. Lac. Herc. 1055.10.
2.. extend, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐντέρου κάτω π. Arist. HA 529a22; extend over, πάντας χρόνους καὶ τόπους Aristid. 1.11 J.
3.. of Time, extend, ἐνιαυτοῦ μῆκος π. J. AJ 15.7.4; παρατείνοντος τοῦ πότου Parth. 8.5; πόλεμος π. εἰς ἔτη μ App. Syr. 48; continue one's life, live, ἕως.., μέχρι.., Plu. 2.832f, 839e; ἐπὶ τρεῖς γενεάς Luc. Macr. 3.
4.. as aux. Verb, c. part., ποῖ παρατενεῖς δεδιὼς ταῦτα; how long will you go on fearing this ? Philostr. VA 7.22, cf. 5.26.
παρατείνω: 1 aorist παρετεινα; from Herodotus down; to extend beside, to stretch out lengthwise, to extend; to prolong: τόν λόγον, his discourse, Acts 20:7 (λόγους, Aristotle, poet. 17; 5, p. 1455b, 2; μυθον, 9, 4, p. 1451b, 38).
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παρα -τείνω ,
[in LXX: Numbers 23:28 (H8259 ni.), etc.;]
to extend, prolong: τ . λόγον , Acts 20:7.†
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