ΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΝ, μηκιστον
MĒKISTON, mēkiston
Sounds Like: may-KISS-ton
Translations: longest, very long, tallest, highest, a longest, a tallest
From the root: ΜΑΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter singular form of the superlative adjective 'ΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΣ', meaning 'longest' or 'tallest' or 'greatest in length or height'. It describes something that possesses the maximum degree of length or height. It can be used to describe a physical object, a period of time, or even an abstract concept that extends greatly.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3116 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΚΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΜΑΚ — long, far, distant, a long time
- ΜΑΚΡΑ — long, far, distant, a long time, for a long time
- ΜΑΚΡΑΙ — long, far, distant
- ΜΑΚΡΑΙΣ — long, far, large
- ΜΑΚΡΑΝ — far, far away, a long way off, at a distance
- ΜΑΚΡΑΣ — long, far, distant, great, a long
- ΜΑΚΡΗΝ — long, far, a long (thing), a far (thing)
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΕΝ — from afar, from a distance, far off
- ΜΑΚΡΟΙ — long, large, far, distant
- ΜΑΚΡΟΙΔΕ — long, large, great
- ΜΑΚΡΟΙΣ — (to) long, (to) great, (to) far, (to) large, (to) distant
- ΜΑΚΡΟΝ — long, a long, far, distant, great
- ΜΑΚΡΟΣ — long, far, distant, great, a long
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΑΤΗΝ — longest, very long, a very long
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of the longest, of the greatest, of the largest, of the most distant
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΕΡΑ — longer, further, taller, a longer one, a further one, a taller one
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΕΡΑΝ — longer, a longer one
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — longer, farther, more distant, a longer, a farther, a more distant
- ΜΑΚΡΟΤΕΡΩ — (to) longer, (to) further, (to) more extended
- ΜΑΚΡΟΥ — of long, of great, of far, of distant
- ΜΑΚΡΟΥΣ — long, far, great, large
- ΜΑΚΡΩ — long, large, far, distant, a long
- ΜΑΚΡΩΝ — long, far, distant, (of) long things, (of) distant places, Macron
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΗΝ — longest, a longest
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