Lexical Summary parateinō: to extend, prolong Original Word: παρατείνωTransliteration: parateinō Phonetic Spelling: (par-at-i'-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to extend, prolong Meaning: to extend, prolong Strong's Concordance continue. From para and teino (to stretch); to extend along, i.e. Prolong (in point of time) -- continue. see GREEK para Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3905: παρατείνωπαρατείνω: 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). |