Quick Definition
μηκύνω v. I lengthen
Strong's Definition
from 3372; to lengthen, i.e. (middle voice) to enlarge
KJV Usage: grow up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μακράν · μακρόθεν · μακροθυμέω · μακροχρόνιος · μῆκος
23.190 · (μηκύνομαι) · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth
to grow to increase in length, restricted in the NT to the growth of plants
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μηκύνω: (μῆκος) : fr. Hdt. and Pind. down; to make long, to lengthen; in the Bible twice of plants, i. 4. to cause to grow, increase: ὃ ἐφύτευσε κύριος καὶ ὑετὸς ἐμήκυνεν (973°), Is. xliv. 14; hence Pass. [4]. Mid.] pres. μηκύνοpar; to grow up: Mk. iv. 27 [μηκύνηται (Tr mrg. -erac) J.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μηκύνω mēkynō 1x
to lengthen, prolong; mid. to grow up, as plants, Mk. 4:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μηκύνω
(< μῆκος), [in LXX: Is 44:14 (גּדל pi.), Ez 12:25, 28 (משׁךְ ni.)*;]
to lengthen, extend: of causing plants to grow, Is 44:14; pass. (mid., Swete, in l.), to grow: Mk 4:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μηκύνω 168) (=I. p. 30, Selections, p. 11) μηθὲν σοῦ ἀπεσταλκότος, P Leid Bi 7 (p.c. 164) (=I. Ρ- 10) els TO μηθὲν ἡμᾶς τῶν δεόντων ἐγλιπεῖν, 74.72 ἄλλως δὲ τῷ (for dat. cf. 2 Cor 213) μηθὲν᾽ ἔχειν πλὴν τοῦ Π]τολεμαίου, P Ryl II. 6915 (B.c. 34) πρὸς τὸ μηθὲν τῶν ἐκφορίων διαπεσεῖν, ““50 that the rents suffer no loss” (Edd.), P Oxy IIT. 492" (A.D. 130) μηθὲν ἧσσον, and similarly 24. 49517 (A.D. 181-9). This last is pronounced by Thackeray (Gr. i. Ρ- 59) ‘‘the latest date for @.” It should be noted that both in this and the preceding papyrus (and other instances could be cited) the form μηδείς also occurs, and further, as our citations will have shown, ‘‘that @ retained its hold more tenaciously in the neut. nom. and acc. than elsewhere ’’ (Thackeray, Gr. i. p. 59). For the interchange between μηδείς and μηθείς in Ptolemaic times, see especially Mayser Gr. p. 180 ff. See also s.v, οὐδείς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μηκύνω (mēkunō) — to grow. μηκύν-ω, Doric dialect μᾱκ- [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future - ῠνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect -ῠνέω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐμήκῡνα [Refs] —middle, see below [Refs]:—passive, perfect μεμήκυσμαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]:— lengthen, prolong, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. delay, put off, τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, [Refs 5th c.BC+], to be lengthy or tedious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+], talk at length about, dwell upon.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be continually repeated, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be dwelt upon, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. Grammars, lengthen a syllable, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, [Refs 7th c.AD+]
6. Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, [Refs]
7. middle, ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, [Refs]