ΜΗΚΟΣ, μηκος
MĒKOS, mēkos
Sounds Like: MAY-kos
Translations: length, a length
From the root: ΜΗΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the measurement of something from end to end, or its extent in one dimension. It is often used in contexts describing physical dimensions or duration. For example, one might speak of the length of a building or the length of a period of time.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3372 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 1:2, 7:3
- Proverbs — 3:2, 3:16, 16:17
- Jeremiah — 52:22
- Zechariah — 2:6
- Ephesians — 3:18
- Revelation — 21:16
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:198
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:77, 3:98, 3:105, 4:116
- Book 2 — 9:202
- Book 3 — 1:7, 6:108, 6:115, 6:122, 6:130, 6:131, 6:135, 6:139, 7:161, 12:291
- Book 5 — 1:61, 1:82
- Book 6 — 6:108, 13:283
- Book 8 — 3:64, 3:65, 3:66, 3:72, 3:81, 3:88, 5:133, 6:153
- Book 12 — 2:64, 6:231
- Book 15 — 7:221, 7:261, 9:334, 11:387, 11:392, 11:400, 11:411, 11:413, 11:415
- Book 16 — 5:148
- Book 20 — 9:221
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:8, 22:11, 22:25
- Book Two — 16:36, 16:54, 19:20
- Book Three — 3:4, 3:12, 3:17, 3:23, 5:25, 10:45, 10:60
- Book Four — 1:3, 8:43, 10:26
- Book Five — 4:2, 4:18, 4:31, 4:35, 4:40, 5:32, 5:41, 5:42, 12:8
- Book Six — 2:52
- Book Seven — 8:29, 8:62
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 2:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 6:15, 12:6, 13:17
- Exodus — 25:9, 25:16, 25:22, 26:2, 26:8, 27:1, 27:9, 27:11, 27:18, 28:16, 30:2, 36:16, 37:2, 37:16
- Deuteronomy — 3:11
- Judges — 3:16
- 1 Kings — 6:6, 6:7, 6:19, 7:14, 7:39, 7:43
- 2 Chronicles — 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:11, 4:1, 6:13, 24:13
- Judith — 1:2, 7:3
- Proverbs — 3:2, 3:16, 16:17
- Jeremiah — 52:22
- Ezekiel — 40:7, 40:8, 40:18, 40:20, 40:21, 40:25, 40:29, 40:33, 40:36, 40:42, 40:47, 40:49, 41:2, 41:4, 41:12, 41:13, 41:15, 41:22, 42:2, 42:4, 42:7, 42:8, 42:11, 43:17, 45:1, 45:3, 45:5, 45:6, 45:7, 48:8, 48:9, 48:13, 48:21
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:27
- Zechariah — 2:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΗΣ — longest, a longest, greatest in length, tallest, a tallest
- ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ — length, indeed, on the one hand
- ΜΗΚΟΥΣ — of length, of height, of size, of extent
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