Length
μῆκοςStrong’s G3372mēkos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mēkos is the Greek word usually translated “length”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;”
Meaning
Usually translated “length”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- length 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
μῆκος mēkos · length
μῆκος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX chiefly for אֹרֶךְ ;] length: Eph.3:18, Rev.21:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “length” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LENGTH, noun
- The extent of anything material from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as the length of a church or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
- Extent; extension.
- A certain extent; a portion of space; with a plural.
- Space of time; duration, indefinitely; as a great length of time.
All definitions and other forms of “length”
- Long duration.
- Reach or extent; as, to pursue a subject to a great length
- Extent; as the length of a discourse, essay, or argument.
- Distance.
- At length at or in the full extent.
- At last; at the end or conclusion.
LENGTH, verb transitive
To extend. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.