G3372: μῆκος (mēkos)

G3372 μῆκος (mēkos)

Greek

Quick Definition

μῆκος, ους, τό n.n. length

Strong's Definition

probably akin to 3173; length (literally or figuratively) length.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μῆκος (G3372)

noun, n. | -ους | μηκύνομαι

81.12 · Spacial Dimensions · Long, Short, Far

length the measurement of length

EPH 3:18 · REV 21:16 · REV 21:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μῆκος, -eos (-ous), τό, fr. Hom. down; Sept. very often for JIS; /ength: Rev. xxi. 16; τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος καὶ ὕψος, language used in shadowing forth the greatness, extent, and number of the blessings received from Christ, Eph. iii. 18.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μῆκος mēkos 2x

length, Eph. 3:18; Rev. 21:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μῆκος, -εος (-ους), τό,

[in LXX chiefly for אֹרֶךְ;]

length: Eph 3:18, Re 21:16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μῆκος, “length,” of space, size, is seen in P Ryl II. 224 (a)® (ii/A.D.) μήκο(υς) πηχῶν [.]: cf. P Lond 755 verso4'(iv/aA.D.) (= III. p. The reference is to time in P Leid W- 8 (ii/iii A.D.) (=II. p. 89) σύρισον ἐπὶ μῆκος, and OG/S 66677 (A.p. 54-68) διὰ τὸ μῆκος τοῦ [xpd ]vo[v. 222f.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μῆκος (mēkos) — length. μῆκος, Doric dialect μᾶκος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: 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+]; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b height, of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆκος in height,[Refs 5th c.BC+] __c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [Refs]: in Arith., in the first power, [Refs]

2. of Time, μ. χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος at length, εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude, ὄλβου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος in greatness, ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. longitude, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

5. in Prosody, length, opposed to βραχύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. first line of phalanx, [Refs 1st c.BC+]