Strong’s G3118 · Greek

μακροχρόνιος
makrochrónios

Definition

long-timed, i.e. long-lived

Etymology

from G3117 (μακρός) and G5550 (χρόνος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • live long

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What the first audience heard

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