ΜΗΚΙΣΤΗΣ, μηκιστης
MĒKISTĒS, mēkistēs
Sounds Like: may-KEE-stace
Translations: longest, a longest, greatest in length, tallest, a tallest
From the root: ΜΗΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a superlative adjective, meaning 'longest' or 'greatest in length'. It describes something that possesses the quality of length to the highest degree. It can be used to describe objects, structures, or even time periods that are exceptionally long or tall.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3372 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΝ — longest, highest, a longest, a highest
- ΕΠΙΜΗΚΕΣΤΕΡΩΝ — (of) longer, (of) more extended, (of) more lengthy
- ΜΗΚΕΙ — length, (by) length, (in) length, (to) length
- ΜΗΚΙ — length, a length, (to) length, (in) length
- ΜΗΚΟΣ — length, a length
- ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ — length, indeed, on the one hand
- ΜΗΚΟΥΣ — of length, of height, of size, of extent
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