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ἐκτέν-εια

ekteneia · ἡ

zeal, assiduousness

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Where it lives

Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant

ἐκτέν-εια · ekten-eia — LSJ

zeal, assiduousness, ‘gush’, ‘empressement’, eagerly

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 2(2).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, Act. Ap. 26.7, cf. LXX Ju. 4.9; μετὰ πάσης ἐ. ib. 2 Ma. 14.38.

II abundance

abundance, ξύλων Hdn. 7.2.4, cf. 8.2.6.

III extension

extension, Dam. Pr. 65.

In the wild

ἐκτενείᾳ · ekteneiai New Testament, Acts 26.6 (DIORISIS sentence 870)
ἐκτενείᾳ · ekteneiai Septuaginta, Judith 4
ἐκτενείᾳ · ekteneiai Septuaginta, Judith 4

Where it came from

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