ΜΑΚΡΑ, μακρα
MAKRA, makra
Sounds Like: MAH-krah
Translations: long, far, distant, a long time, for a long time
From the root: ΜΑΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: ΜΑΚΡΑ is an adjective meaning 'long' or 'far'. It can describe physical distance, duration of time, or a state of being distant. When used as an adverb, it means 'far away' or 'for a long time'. It is often used to indicate a significant separation in space or time.
Inflection: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; or Feminine, Vocative, Singular; or Neuter, Nominative, Plural; or Neuter, Accusative, Plural; or Neuter, Vocative, Plural. It can also function as an adverb.
Strong’s number: G3117 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 30:11
- 1 Maccabees — 8:12
- Job — 30:10, 36:3
- Sirach — 24:32
- Isaiah — 5:26
- Jeremiah — 36:28
- Mark — 12:40
- Luke — 20:47
- Acts of the Apostles — 17:27
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 11:241
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:27
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 9:13
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, 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
- 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
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΟΝ — longest, very long, tallest, highest, a longest, a tallest
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