ekteino describes extending outward, most often a hand, and once the intended placement of anchors.

The supplied verses show outward extension, predominantly of a hand or hands in touching, healing, helping, indicating people, obeying a command, or acting against someone. The same action is also used of sailors intending to put out anchors from a boat.

1. Extending outward · dominant

   The term most often occurs with a hand or hands: in Luke 5:13 the APB renders a hand being extended before touching a man, while in Luke 6:10 the man is told to extend his hand and it is restored. It also marks an outstretched hand used to identify disciples in Matthew 12:49, to take hold of someone in Matthew 14:31, hands directed against someone in Luke 22:53, and the intended extension of anchors in Acts 27:30.

   Luke 5:13Luke 6:10Matthew 12:49Matthew 14:31Luke 22:53Acts 27:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "stretch out" or "stretching out" for clauses involving hands and anchors, as in Luke 5:13 and Acts 27:30. Its wording does not isolate the lemma's contribution in every occurrence; Matthew 26:51, for example, renders the surrounding action without an explicit "stretch out" phrase.