Strong’s G3117 · Greek

μακρός
makrós

Definition

long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))

Etymology

from G3372 (μῆκος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • far
  • long

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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