Lexical Summary proteinō: to stretch out Original Word: προτείνωTransliteration: proteinō Phonetic Spelling: (prot-i'-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to stretch out Meaning: to stretch out Strong's Concordance to stretch out, spread outFrom pro and teino (to stretch); to protend, i.e. Tie prostrate (for scourging) -- bind. see GREEK pro Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4385: προτείνωπροτείνω: 1 aorist προετεινα; (from Herodotus down); to stretch forth, stretch out: ὡς προέτειναν (Rec. προέτεινεν) αὐτόν τοῖς ἱμᾶσιν, when they had stretched him out for the thongs i. e. to receive the blows of the thongs (by tying him up to a beam or a pillar; for it appears from Acts 22:29 that Paul had already been bound), Acts 22:25 (Winers Grammar, § 31 at the beginning; others (cf. R. V. text) 'with the thongs' (cf. ἱμάς)). |
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