Quick Definition
vehemently, powerfully
Strong's Definition
in a well-strung manner, i.e. (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense, cogently; in a bad one, fiercely)
Derivation: adverb from a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and a derivative of (to stretch);
KJV Usage: mightily, vehemently
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐτόνως, adverb (from εὔτονος, and this from εὖ and τείνω to stretch (cf. at full stretch, well strung, etc.)), vehemently, forcibly: Luk_23:10; Act_18:28. (Jos_6:8; 2Ma_12:23; Xenophon, Hier. 9, 6; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 1095; Diodorus, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐτόνως eutonōs 2x
intensely, vehemently, strenuously, Luk_23:10 ; Act_18:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐτόνως ,
adv.
( < εὖ , τείνω ),
[in LXX for H7782 Jos_6:8 * ;]
vigorously, vehemently : Luk_23:10 , Act_18:28 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐτόνως [page 266]
For the comparative of this adverb which in the NT is confined to Lk, cf. P Lille I. 3 i. 14 (B.C. 241 0) ἐπ ]ιστεῖλαι εὐτονώτερον , P Petr II. 9(1) .3 (B.C. 241 39) καλῶς ποιήσεις εὐτονώτερον γράψας Ἀνδροσθένει , ib. 14 (2) .8 γράψον οὖν εὐτονώτερον Θερῶνι . For the adj. cf. P Oxy XII. 1468 .7 ( c. A.D. 258) ἡ σὴ εὔτονος καὶ περὶ πάντα ἀκοίμητος πρόνοια , your active and in all cases unresting vigilance (Edd.), OGIS 315 .52 (mid. ii/B.C.) Χλῶρος δ᾽ εὐτονώτατος ἦν τὰ Ῥωμαϊκὰ προτείνων : for the subst., BGU III. 786 ii. 1 (ii/A.D.) διὰ τῆς [σ ]ῆς ε [ὐ ]τ̣ονίας : and for the verb, ib. 970 .15 (A.D. 177) ἐὰν γένηται μὴ εὐτονῆσαι αὐτὸν [ἀ ]ποδοῦναί μοι τὴν προῖκα , Michel 1564 .80 (A.D. 175) εὐτονήσουσι γὰρ οἱ προεστῶτες τοῦ μηδὲν αὐτῶν λυθῆναι , and ib .49 .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐτόνως
adv. (εὖ, τείνω), [in LXX forשׁוֹפָר Jos.6:8 * ;]
vigorously, vehemently: Luk.23:10, Act.18:28.†
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