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Lexicon :: Strong's G3372 - mēkos

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μῆκος
Transliteration
mēkos (Key)
Pronunciation
may'-kos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to μέγας (G3173)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
3x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
81x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

μῆκος mēkos, may'-kos; probably akin to G3173; length (literally or figuratively) length.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3372 in the following manner: length (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3372 in the following manner: length (3x).
  1. length

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μῆκος mēkos, may'-kos; probably akin to G3173; length (literally or figuratively) length.
STRONGS G3372:
μῆκος, μηκεος (μήκους), τό, from Homer down; the Sept. very often for אֹרֶך; length: Revelation 21:16; τό πλάτος καί μῆκος καί βάθος καί ὕψος, language used in shadowing forth the greatness, extent, and number of the blessings received from Christ, Ephesians 3:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ephesians
3:18
Revelation
21:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3372 matches the Greek μῆκος (mēkos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits[fn] long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The inner sanctuary[fn] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[fn] an altar of cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits[fn] and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four[fn] rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - He also made the ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
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