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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

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Strong's Number G3372 matches the Greek μῆκος (mēkos),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - These are Solomon’s measurements[fn] for building the house of God: the length, in cubits[fn] of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,[fn] and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[fn] of fine gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:1 - He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits[fn] long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits[fn] long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13 - So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it.
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