Lexical Definition
μῆκος mēkos (may'-kos) length G:N-N
probably akin to μέγας
- length (literally or figuratively) length.
Abbott-Smith
μῆκος, -εος (-ους), τό, [in LXX chiefly for אֹרֶךְ;]
length: Eph 3:18, Re 21:16.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ephesians | 3:18 |
| Revelation | 21:16 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
μῆκος,
Doric dialect μᾶκος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: εος, τό:— length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it in length, so large in thickness, [μῆκος [prev. author] 2.155; εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX.Gen.12.6; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5 ">LXX+8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [μῆκος [prev. author] “Mete.” 387a2; μ. ὁδοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 378, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, etc.; πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b height, of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆκος in height,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [Refs]: in Arith., in the first power, [Refs]
__2 of Time, μ. χρόνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος at length, εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude, ὄλβου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος in greatness, ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 longitude, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__5 in Prosody, length, opposed to βραχύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 first line of phalanx, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.12.6