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Long
King James Dictionary
or LONG, a. L. longus.
1. Extended drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length opposed to short, and contradistinguished from broad or wide. Long is a relative term for a thing may be long in respect to one thing, and short with respect to another. We apply long to things greatly extended, and to things which exceed the common measure. we say, a long way, a long distance, a long line, and long hair, long arms. By the latter terms, we mean hair and arms exceeding the usual length.
2. Drawn out or extended in time as a long time a long period of time a long while a long series of events a long sickness or confinement a long session a long debate.
3. Extended to any certain measure expressed as a span long a yard long a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, &c.
4. Dilatory continuing for an extended time.
5. Tedious continued to a great length.
A tale should never be too long.
6. Continued in a series to a great extent as a long succession of princes a long line of ancestors.
7. Continued in sound protracted as a long note a long syllable.
8. Continued lingering or longing.
Praying for him, and casting a long look that way, he saw the galley leave the pursuit.
9. Extensive extending far in prospect or into futurity.
The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes, are things particularly suited to a man who has long views.
Long home, the grave or death. Ecclesiastes 41 .
LONG, n. Formerly, a musical note equal to two breves. Obs.
LONG, adv.
1. To a great extent in space as a long extended line.
2. To a great extent in time as, they that tarry long at the wine. Proverbs 23 .
When the trumpet soundeth long. Exodus 19 .
So in composition we say, long-expected, long-forgot.
3. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior as not long before not long after long before the foundation of Rome long after the conquest of Gaul by Julius Cesar.
4. Through the whole extent or duration of.
The God who fed me all my life long to this day. Genesis 48 .
The bird of dawning singeth all night long.
LONG, adv.
By means of by the fault of owing to. Obs.
Mistress, all this evil is long of you.
LONG, To belong. Not used.
LONG,
1. To desire earnestly or eagerly.
I long to see you. Romans 1 .
I have longed after thy precepts. Psalms 119 .
I have longed for thy salvation. Psalms 119 .
2. To have a preternatural craving appetite as a longing woman.
3. To have an eager appetite as, to long for fruit.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Long'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/l/long.html.
