Stretch
Stretch
“to stretch out or forth,” is so rendered in Mat 12:13 (twice), Mat 12:49; Mat 14:31; Mat 26:51; Mar 3:5 (twice); Luk 6:10; in Mat 8:3; Mar 1:41; Luk 5:13, RV (AV, “put forth”); Luk 22:53; Joh 21:18; Act 4:30; Act 26:1. For Act 27:30 see LAY, No. 13.
an intensive form of No. 1 (epi, “forth”), is used in Phi 3:13, RV, “stretching forward” (AV, “reaching forth”), a metaphor probably from the foot race (rather than the chariot race), so Lightfoot, who quotes Bengel’s paraphrase, “the eye goes before and draws on the hand, the hand goes before and draws on the foot.”
“to stretch out beyond” (huper, “over,” and No. 1), occurs in 2Co 10:14, RV, “we stretch (not) … overmuch” (AV, “… beyond our measure”).
Note: For ekpetannumi, Rom 10:21, see SPREAD, No. 5. For epiballo, Act 12:1, see PUT, No. 8.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Stretch
1Ki 17:21 (c) This represents the attitude of mind and heart on the part of a soul winner, whereby he seeks to accommodate himself to the kind of person with whom he is dealing. It takes an effort on our part to adjust ourselves, our thinking and our words to those who are not like ourselves, either in age, work, character or disposition. (See also 2Ki 4:34).
Isa 28:20 (b) This represents the desire and the actions of a man who is seeking to accommodate his life and his faith to some proposition which he has devised, or which he has learned from some false teacher. He is trying to find rest for his soul in a doctrine, or a church, or a faith which was never suited to him at all. Only the provision which comes from GOD in CHRIST JESUS will enable one to rest. (See Mat 11:28).
Rom 10:21 (a) This is a description of GOD’s attitude toward His people in that He pleads with them constantly, and has through the centuries, to turn from their wicked ways and trust Him as their Lord, their leader, and their Saviour.
2Co 10:14 (a) The expression is used in this passage to indicate the fact that Paul was not doing an unusual thing when he came to Corinth with the Gospel. He was acting naturally and doing what he should do as GOD’s servant.