Words the Bible translates as stretch out
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shalaḥשָׁלַחto send: to make a person or thing go out from you toward a destination, a target, or freedom
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
+3 more meanings
- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- ekteinōἐκτείνωto stretch out: to extend a hand or object outward so that it reaches
- parasפָּרַשׂto spread out: to open something wide or stretch it flat across a space.
- proteinōπροτείνωto stretch outnot studied yet
- hadahהָדָהto stretch outnot studied yet
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