- Original: προτείνω - Transliteration: Proteino - Phonetic: prot-i'-no - Definition: 1. to stretch forth, stretch out a. when they had stretched one out on the thongs i.e. to receive the blows of the thongs (by tying him up to a beam or a pillar) - Origin: from G4253 and teino (to stretch) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4253 and τείνω teinō(to stretch); to protend that is tie prostrate (for scourging): - bind. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • bound, 1 Act 22:25