Exodus 3:20
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
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Stretch
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2 Corinthians 10:14
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
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12 occurrences in 12 verses.
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Exodus
1212 verses
Joshua
11 verses
1 Samuel
44 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
Job
33 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Isaiah
44 verses
Jeremiah
44 verses
Ezekiel
88 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Zephaniah
22 verses
Matthew
11 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
John
11 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
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ἐκτείνω
ekteínō · ek-ti'-no
4 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to extend
Strong's KJV usage: :--cast, put forth, stretch forth (out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:13Strong's last: John 21:18
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pâras · paw-ras'
3 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences
to break apart, disperse, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 25:20Strong's last: Job 39:26
Open full H6566 profile →ὑπερεκτείνω
hyperekteínō · hoop-er-ek-ti'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to extend inordinately
Strong's KJV usage: :--stretch beyond.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:14Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:14
Open full G5239 profile →נָטָה
nâṭâh · naw-taw'
1 times translated as this KJV form214 total Strong's occurrences
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 21:13Strong's last: 2 Kings 21:13
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çârach · saw-rakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to extend (even to excess)
Strong's KJV usage: exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Amos 6:4Strong's last: Amos 6:4
Open full H5628 profile →שָׂרַע
sâraʻ · saw-rah'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
Strong's KJV usage: stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 28:20Strong's last: Isaiah 28:20
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And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
no direct Strong's tag
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
no direct Strong's tag
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
no direct Strong's tag
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
H6566
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
English meaning and historical usage.
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stretch
STRETCH, verb transitive [Latin]
1. To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line; as, to stretch a cord or a rope.
2. To extend in breadth; as, to stretch cloth.
3. To spread; to expand; as, to stretch the wings.
4. To reach; to extend.
STRETCH thine hand to the poor.
5. To spread; to display; as, to stretch forth the heavens.
6. To draw or pull out in length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
7. To make tense; to strain.
So the stretchd cord the shackled dancer tries.
8. To extend mentally; as, to stretch the mind or thoughts.
9. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch ones credit.
STRETCH, verb intransitive
1. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both. A wet hempen cord or cloth contracts; in drying, it stretches.
2. To be extended; to spread; as, a lake stretches over a hundred miles of earth. Lake Erie stretches from Niagara nearly to Huron. Hence,
3. To stretch to, is to reach.
4. To be extended or to bear extension without breaking, as elastic substances.
The inner membrane--because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
5. To sally beyond the truth; to exaggerate. A man who is apt to stretch has less credit than others.
6. In navigation, to sail; to direct a course. It is often understood to signify to sail under a great spread of canvas close hauled. In this it differs from stand, which implies no press of sail. We were standing to the east, when we saw a ship stretching to the southward.
7. To make violent efforts in running.
STRETCH, noun
1. Extension in length or in breadth; reach; as a great stretch of wings.
2. Effort; struggle; strain.
Those put lawful authority upon the stretch to the abuse of power, under color of prerogative.
3. Force of body; straining.
By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
4. Utmost extent of meaning.
Quotations, in their utmost stretch can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind.
5. Utmost reach of power.
This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
6. In sailing, a tack; the reach or extent of progress on one tack.
7. Course; direction; as the stretch of seams of coal.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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