Word 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).