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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

2. (v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

3. (v. t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.

4. (v. t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

5. (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

6. (v. t.) To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.

7. (v. t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Greek

3905. parateino -- to extend, prolong
... to extend, prolong. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parateino Phonetic Spelling:
(par-at-i'-no) Short Definition: I extend, prolong Definition: I extend ...
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1614. ekteino -- to extend
... to extend. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekteino Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-ti'-no) Short Definition: I stretch out, cast forth Definition: I stretch out ...
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1901. epekteino -- to extend, mid. to stretch forward
... to extend, mid. ... 1901 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying 1614 , "extend") -- properly,
(lay hold of) what is (note the force of the prefix, ). ...
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1600. ekpetannumi -- more exceedingly
... ekpetannumi Phonetic Spelling: (ek-pet-an'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I spread or
stretch out Definition: I spread (stretch) out, expand, extend. ...
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4385. proteino -- to stretch out
... proteino Phonetic Spelling: (prot-i'-no) Short Definition: I stretch out, tie up
Definition: I stretch out, tie up (for scourging), extend before. ...
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2185. ephikneomai -- to arrive upon, ie to reach
... reach. From epi and a cognate of heko; to arrive upon, ie Extend to -- reach.
see GREEK epi. see GREEK heko. (ephikesthai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5479. chara -- joy, delight
... Cognate: 5479 (another feminine noun from the root -, "extend , lean towards, be
favorably disposed") -- properly, the awareness (of God's), ; ("grace ...
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2433. hilaskomai -- to be propitious, make propitiation for
... Cognate: 2433 (akin to 2434 , "propitiation, appeasement/satisfaction of divine
wrath on sin") -- properly, to extend , showing mercy by satisfying (literally ...
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5228. huper -- over, beyond, fig. on behalf of, for the sake of ...
... above. 5228 (a preposition) -- properly, beyond (above); (figuratively)
to extend () that reaches beyond the present situation. ...
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4401. procheirotoneo -- to appoint beforehand
... 4401 (from 4523 , "before" and 5500, "stretch out the hand") -- properly,
"extend the hand before" (used only in Ac 10:41). 4401 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5186. natah -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
... 5185, 5186. natah. 5187 . to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend.
Transliteration: natah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-taw') Short Definition: stretched ...
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2946. taphach -- to extend, spread
... 2945, 2946. taphach. 2947 . to extend, spread. Transliteration: taphach Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-fakh') Short Definition: bore. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3447. yashat -- to extend, hold out
... yashat. 3448 . to extend, hold out. Transliteration: yashat Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-shat') Short Definition: extended. ... A primitive root; to extend -- hold out. ...
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8311. sara -- to extend
... 8310, 8311. sara. 8312 . to extend. Transliteration: sara Phonetic Spelling:
(saw-rah') Short Definition: deformed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4900. mashak -- to draw, drag
... 1), continue (1), deferred (1), delayed (2), deployed (1), drag (1), drag me away
(1), drags (1), draw (3), drawn (2), draws (1), drew (2), extend (1), follow ...
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8388. ta'ar -- probably to incline
... Taanath-shiloh A primitive root; to delineate; reflex. To extend -- be drawn, mark
out, (Rimmon-)methoar (by union with Rimmown). see HEBREW Rimmown. ...
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5628. sarach -- to go free, be unrestrained, overrun, exceed
... exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish. A primitive root; to extend (even
to excess) -- exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish. 5627, 5628. ...
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4970. mathay -- when?
... From an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only
adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative ...
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4291. meta -- to reach, attain
... (Aramaic) or mtah (Aramaic) {met-aw'}; apparently corresponding to matsa' in the
intransitive sense of being found present; to arrive, extend or happen -- come ...
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7337. rachab -- to be or grow wide or large
... root Definition to be or grow wide or large NASB Word Usage enlarge (6), enlarged
(2), enlarges (3), extend (1), extends (1), large (1), made your wide (1 ...
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Library

Whether the Degrees of Affinity Extend in the Same Way as the ...
... OF THE IMPEDIMENT OF AFFINITY (ELEVEN ARTICLES) Whether the degrees of affinity
extend in the same way as the degrees of consanguinity? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the degrees of affinity.htm

The Laws of Grace, which Extend to all the Epochs of the Life of ...
... Book XXI. Chapter 16."The Laws of Grace, Which Extend to All the Epochs
of the Life of the Regenerate. But such is God's mercy ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 16 the laws of grace.htm

How do Thine Affections Extend Like the Sunbeams unto all Stars in ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 87 O how do Thine affections extend like the sunbeams unto
all stars in heaven and to all the kingdoms in the world. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/87 o how do thine.htm

Of Methuselah's Age, which Seems to Extend Fourteen Years Beyond ...
... Book XV. Chapter 11."Of Methuselah's Age, Which Seems to Extend Fourteen
Years Beyond the Deluge. From this discrepancy between ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of methuselahs age which.htm

The Error of Jovinianus did not Extend So Far.
... Book III. Chapter 13 [VII.]"The Error of Jovinianus Did Not Extend So Far.
A few years ago there lived at Rome one Jovinian, [678 ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 13 vii the error of.htm

Moral Obligation.
... By this is intended, to what acts and states of mind does moral obligation extend? ...
Moral obligation cannot, therefore, directly extend to them. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture iii moral obligation.htm

That the Self-Existent Being must be All-Powerful.
... The only question is, what the true meaning of what we call infinite power is; and
to what things it must be understood to extend, or not to extend. ...
/.../x proposition x that the.htm

On the Discoveries of Faith
... small number of objects. Our senses of taste and smell (which some count
species of feeling) extend to fewer still. But on the other ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 110 on the discoveries.htm

1 John iv. 16-Dec
... to a certain perfection, commends brotherly love; whereas the Lord saith it is not
enough that we love our brethren, but that we ought to extend that love so ...
/.../ten homilies on the epistle of john to the parthians/homily viii 1 john iv.htm

The Revocation of the Rulers.
... is due, nor pay regard to the God of the Christians, in consideration of our
philanthropy and our invariable custom, by which we are wont to extend pardon to ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xvii the revocation of the.htm

Thesaurus

Extend (35 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length;
as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. ...
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Reach (63 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To retch. 2. (n.) An effort to vomit. 3. (vt) To extend; to stretch; to
thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. ...
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Stretch (73 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To reach out; to extend; to put forth. 2. (vt) To draw out to the full length;
to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. ...
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Spread (257 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand
to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a ...
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Overrun (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another
in length. 5. (vt) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. ...
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Draw (212 Occurrences)
... 14. (vt) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend,
as a mass of metal into wire. 15. (vt) To run, extend...
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Extended (40 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Extend. Multi-Version Concordance ... (See NIV). Micah 7:11 A day to build
your walls- In that day, he will extend your boundary. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Widen (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of;
as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. ...
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Run (147 Occurrences)
... blood ran cold. 15. (v.) To proceed along a surface; to extend; to spread.
16. (v.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse. 17. (v.) To ...
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Prolong (20 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To extend in space or length; as, to
prolong life. 2. (v.) To lengthen in time; to extend the ...
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Bible Concordance

Extend (35 Occurrences)

Acts 4:30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
(See NAS)

Romans 15:24 I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain, to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey, when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 10:14 For there is no undue stretch of authority on our part, as though it did not extend to you. We pressed on even to Corinth, and were the first to proclaim to you the Good News of the Christ.
(WEY NAS RSV)

1 Peter 4:9 Extend ungrudging hospitality towards one another.
(WEY)

Genesis 49:13 "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
(See NIV)

Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
(DBY)

Exodus 25:32 And six branches shall extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side:
(WBS NIV)

Exodus 26:28 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
(See NIV)

Exodus 27:5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
(See RSV)

Numbers 34:3 then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward;
(See NAS)

Numbers 34:9 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.
(See RSV)

Numbers 35:4 "The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
(See NIV)

Joshua 1:4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 11:10 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 9:30 Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
(See JPS)

Esther 4:11 "All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days."
(See NIV)

Job 15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY)

Psalms 109:12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 11:11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 11:14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
(WEB)

Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them extend the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
(WBS)

Isaiah 66:12 For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 25:33 The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 43:15 The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 45:7 Whatever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 47:17 The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 47:19 The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 48:21 The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
(See NIV)

Amos 1:13 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
(See NIV)

Micah 1:16 Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!
(See NAS)

Micah 7:11 A day to build your walls- In that day, he will extend your boundary.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 9:10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 14:5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Extend

Related Terms

Reach (63 Occurrences)

Stretch (73 Occurrences)

Spread (257 Occurrences)

Overrun (4 Occurrences)

Draw (212 Occurrences)

Extended (40 Occurrences)

Widen (2 Occurrences)

Run (147 Occurrences)

Prolong (20 Occurrences)