ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ, μηκοσμεν
MĒKOSMEN, mēkosmen
Sounds Like: MAY-kos-MEN
Translations: length, indeed, on the one hand
From the root: ΜΗΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Particle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the noun ΜΗΚΟΣ (length) and the particle ΜΕΝ. The particle ΜΕΝ is often used to emphasize the preceding word or phrase, and frequently appears in correlation with the particle ΔΕ (de) to create a 'on the one hand... on the other hand' construction, indicating a contrast or a division of thought. So, ΜΗΚΟΣΜΕΝ would mean 'length indeed' or 'as for length'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Neuter (for ΜΗΚΟΣ); Does not inflect (for ΜΕΝ)
Strong’s numbers: G3372 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3303 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:17
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
- ΜΗΚΟΣ — length, a length
- ΜΗΚΟΥΣ — of length, of height, of size, of extent
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