ΜΗΚΕΙ, μηκει
MĒKEI, mēkei
Sounds Like: MAY-kay
Translations: length, (by) length, (in) length, (to) 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 space or time. It is often used to describe the dimension of an object or the duration of an event. In the dative case, as seen here, it often indicates 'by means of length' or 'in terms of length'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3372 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 1:6
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
- ΜΗΚΙ — length, a length, (to) length, (in) length
- ΜΗΚΙΣΤΗΣ — longest, a longest, greatest in length, tallest, a tallest
- ΜΗΚΟΣ — length, a length
- ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ — length, indeed, on the one hand
- ΜΗΚΟΥΣ — of length, of height, of size, of extent
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