- ἐκτείνω
- ἐκτείνω fut. ἐκτενῶ; 1 aor. ἐξέτεινα; pf. ἐκτέτακα 1 Km 1:16. Pass.: 1 fut. 3 sg. ἐκταθήσεται Zech 1:16; 1 aor. 3 sg. ἐξετάθη 1 Macc 6:40; pf. ptc. ἐκτεταμένος LXX (τείνω ‘stretch’; Aeschyl., Hdt.+)① to cause an object to extend to its full length in space, stretch out ἐ. ἑαυτό stretch itself out Hv 4, 1, 9. Of nets spread out B 5:4 (Pr 1:17). ἀγκύρας ἐκτείνειν put out or lay out anchors Ac 27:30; s. ἄγκυρα.—Esp. in the expr. ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα (τὰς χεῖρας) hold out or extend the hand(s) (class.; Diod S 13, 15, 1; oft. LXX; JosAs 8:4 al.; Jos., Ant. 8, 233, cp. 13, 14; Just., D. 111, 1) of a man w. a disabled hand: Mt 12:13; Mk 3:5; Lk 6:10. To grasp someth. (Gen 22:10 al.) Mt 26:51; D 4:5; B 19:9. To take hold of someone Mt 14:31. To heal someone (by touch; s. OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, 15ff; 51ff; JBehm, D. Handauflegung 1911, 102ff) Mt 8:3; Mk 1:41; Lk 5:13. W. εἰς to indicate purpose Ac 4:30. ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα lay a hand on someone (Diog. L. 6, 29 τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τοὺς φίλους ἐ.) w. hostile intent (Jer 6:12; 1 Macc 6:25; 12:42; 2 Macc 15:32; cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 327) Lk 22:53. To point at someone Mt 12:49. As a gesture in prayer (1 Esdr 8:70; 4 Macc 4:11; Agatharchides: 86 Fgm. 20, 209 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 209].—Earlier writers would have said ἀνατείνω τὰς χεῖρας: Pind., O. 7, 65; [Ps.-]Plut., Mor. 774b) 1 Cl 2:3; B 12:2. Gesture of a speaker Ac 26:1 (cp. Quintilian 9, 3, 84ff; Apuleius, Metam. 2, 21; KSittl, D. Gebärden d. Griechen u. Römer 1890, 350ff). Of one who is crucified (Epict. 3, 26, 22 ἐκτείνας σεαυτὸν ὡς οἱ ἐσταυρωμένοι; Jos., Ant. 19, 94) J 21:18; B 12:2 (Just., A I, 35, 6 ἐξετάθη τὰς χεῖρας).② to extend in time beyond normal expectation, draw out at length. fig. ext. of 1 λόγους ἐ. (Pla., Leg. 10, 887a ὁ λόγος ἐκταθείς, others sim.) speak at length, be long-winded (Polyb. 12, 26b, 4) 1 Cl 57:4 (Pr 1:24).—M-M. TW.
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