Strong G3372μῆκος
length
- Transliteration
- mēkos
- Pronunciation
- may'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably akin to G3173; length (literally or figuratively): - length.
Detailed definition
μῆκος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX chiefly for אֹרֶךְ;]
length: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֹרֶךְ;]
length: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3372 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- length2
First verses
- Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μῆκος,
Doric dialect μᾶκος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]: εος, τό:— length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it in length, so large in thickness, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.324; φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181, etc.; ἐς μῆκος [prev. author] 2.155; εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX.Gen.12.6; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5)]; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 504a15, +others; κατὰ μῆκος [prev. author] “Mete.” 387a2; μ. ὁδοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 378, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, etc.; πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34)]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72: _plural_, μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 26)]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d.)]
b height, of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1130)]; of persons, stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.71)]; μῆκος in height,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.312; εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.6.)]
c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147d, compare 148a)]; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 817e)]: in Arith., in the first power, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 3,4.)]
2 of Time, μ. χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1020; ἐν μ. χρόνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 69; ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 683a)]; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 201, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1139; ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62)]; μῆκος at length, εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 446.)]
3 of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude, ὄλβου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 119)]; μῆκος in greatness, ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 393.)]
4 longitude, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.5, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.1, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 260.5, etc.)]
5 in Prosody, length, opposed to βραχύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b32, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 15: _plural_, μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400b.)]
6 first line of phalanx, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.5. (From same Root as μακρός. Hence μήκιστος, _superlative_ of μακρός.))]
Doric dialect μᾶκος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]: εος, τό:— length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it in length, so large in thickness, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.324; φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181, etc.; ἐς μῆκος [prev. author] 2.155; εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX.Gen.12.6; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5)]; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 504a15, +others; κατὰ μῆκος [prev. author] “Mete.” 387a2; μ. ὁδοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 378, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, etc.; πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34)]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72: _plural_, μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 26)]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d.)]
b height, of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1130)]; of persons, stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.71)]; μῆκος in height,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.312; εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.6.)]
c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147d, compare 148a)]; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 817e)]: in Arith., in the first power, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 3,4.)]
2 of Time, μ. χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1020; ἐν μ. χρόνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 69; ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 683a)]; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 201, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1139; ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62)]; μῆκος at length, εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 446.)]
3 of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude, ὄλβου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 119)]; μῆκος in greatness, ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 393.)]
4 longitude, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.5, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.1, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 260.5, etc.)]
5 in Prosody, length, opposed to βραχύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b32, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 15: _plural_, μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400b.)]
6 first line of phalanx, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 2.5. (From same Root as μακρός. Hence μήκιστος, _superlative_ of μακρός.))]