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ektenes ^1618^ denotes "strained, stretched" (ek, "out," teino, "to stretch"); hence, metaphorically, "fervent," <1 Pet. 4:8>. Some mss. have it in <Acts 12:5>, for the adverb (see B).# Cf. ekteneia (with en), "intently, strenuously," in <Acts 26:7>, KJV, "instantly," RV, "earnestly." Cf. EARNEST.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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