ΕΜΗΚΥΝΕΝ, εμηκυνεν
EMĒKYNEN, emēkynen
Sounds Like: eh-MEH-koo-nen
Translations: he lengthened, it lengthened, he prolonged, it prolonged, he extended, it extended
From the root: ΜΗΚΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular aorist active indicative form of the verb ΜΗΚΥΝΩ (mekyno). It means 'to lengthen,' 'to prolong,' or 'to extend.' In a sentence, it describes an action that caused something to become longer or to last for a longer duration. For example, 'he lengthened the rope' or 'it prolonged the time.'
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3116 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 44:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΚΥΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΗΚΥΝΕΝ — lengthened, prolonged, made long, extended
- ΜΗΚΥΝΕΤΑΙ — it is lengthened, it is extended, it is prolonged, it is stretched out
- ΜΗΚΥΝΗΤΑΙ — it lengthens, it grows long, it increases, it is prolonged
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΜΕΝΗΝ — lengthened, extended, stretched out
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΜΕΝΗΣ — being prolonged, being lengthened, being extended, being delayed
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ — lengthened, being lengthened, extended, being extended, prolonged, being prolonged
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being lengthened, being prolonged, being extended, being made long
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of being prolonged, of being lengthened, of being made long
- ΜΗΚΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ — lengthening, prolonging, making long, drawing out
- ΜΗΚΥΝΩ — prolong, lengthen, delay, stretch out, make long
- ΜΗΚΥΝΩΣΙΝ — prolong, lengthen, make long, delay
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