Strong G3373μηκύνω
to grow
- Transliteration
- mēkunō
- Pronunciation
- may-koo'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3372; to lengthen that is (middle voice) to enlarge: - grow up.
Detailed definition
μηκύνω
(μῆκος), [in LXX: Isa.44:14 (גָּדַל pi.), Eze.12:25, 28 (מָשַׁךְ ni.) *;]
to lengthen, extend: of causing plants to grow, Isa, l.with; pass. (mid., Swete, in l), to grow: Mrk.4:27.†
(AS)
(μῆκος), [in LXX: Isa.44:14 (גָּדַל pi.), Eze.12:25, 28 (מָשַׁךְ ni.) *;]
to lengthen, extend: of causing plants to grow, Isa, l.with; pass. (mid., Swete, in l), to grow: Mrk.4:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3373 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grow1
First verses
- Mark 4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μηκύν-ω,
Doric dialect μᾱκ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below))]: future - ῠνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17)], Ionic dialect -ῠνέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35)]: aorist ἐμήκῡνα [Refs ([prev. author] 3.60:)] —middle, see below [Refs (7)]:—passive, perfect μεμήκυσμαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus (see. below), Eust.ad 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 64)]:— lengthen, prolong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.12; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.9; τὰς ὁδούς [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.13.5; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282e)]; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 87, 143)]:—passive, νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102.)]
2 delay, put off, τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286.)]
3 μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1484; τέκν᾽ εἰ φανέντ᾽ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον [prev. author] “OC” 1120; τὴν ἀπολογίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.44; λόγους μακροτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17: without λόγον)], to be lengthy or tedious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1132, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 437a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23)]; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71: _accusative_ objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν)], talk at length about, dwell upon.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42, 43)]:—passive, to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.5; μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.26)]; to be continually repeated, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12)]; to be dwelt upon, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 137.)]
4 μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 489.)]
5 Grammars, lengthen a syllable, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.8)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.275f, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 146.18)]; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 1.4.)]
6 Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 24,48.)]
7 middle, ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.171.)]
Doric dialect μᾱκ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below))]: future - ῠνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17)], Ionic dialect -ῠνέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35)]: aorist ἐμήκῡνα [Refs ([prev. author] 3.60:)] —middle, see below [Refs (7)]:—passive, perfect μεμήκυσμαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus (see. below), Eust.ad 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 64)]:— lengthen, prolong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.12; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.9; τὰς ὁδούς [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.13.5; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282e)]; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 87, 143)]:—passive, νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102.)]
2 delay, put off, τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.286.)]
3 μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1484; τέκν᾽ εἰ φανέντ᾽ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον [prev. author] “OC” 1120; τὴν ἀπολογίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.44; λόγους μακροτέρους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17: without λόγον)], to be lengthy or tedious, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1132, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 437a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23)]; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71: _accusative_ objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν)], talk at length about, dwell upon.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42, 43)]:—passive, to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.5; μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.26)]; to be continually repeated, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12)]; to be dwelt upon, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 137.)]
4 μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 489.)]
5 Grammars, lengthen a syllable, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.5.8)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.275f, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 146.18)]; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 1.4.)]
6 Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 24,48.)]
7 middle, ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.171.)]