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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

is used of "long prayers" (Matthew 23:14 , in some mss.), Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47 . It denotes "far" in Luke 15:13; 19:12 . See FAR.

"sufficient, much, long," is used with chronos, "time," in Luke 8:27; in Luke 20:9; 23:8 (AV, "season") the plural is used, lit., "long times;" Acts 8:11; 14:3 . See ABLE (ABILITY), C, No. 2, MANY, MUCH.

"much," is used with chronos, "time," in Matthew 25:19; John 5:6; in Acts 27:21 , with asitia, AV, "long abstinence," RV, "long without food." See COMMON , Note (1).

"so long," is used with chronos in John 14:9; Hebrews 4:7 .

"how much," is used with chronos, in Mark 9:21 , "how long time," RV (AV, "how long ago").

"how much, so much," is used after the preposition epi (eph'), and as an adjective qualifying chronos, signifying "for so long time," in Romans 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Galatians 4:1; see also B, No. 4.

Notes: (1) In Acts 14:28 , AV, the adjective oligos, "little," with the negative ou, "not," and qualifying chronos, is rendered "long time;" RV, "no little (time)." (2) For the comparative adjective, pleion, see LONGER , B.

in one or other of its neuter forms, singular or plural, is used (a) of degree, "greatly, much, many," e.g., Mark 1:45; (b) of time, e.g., Acts 27:14 . Cp. A, No. 3. See GREAT , MUCH , OFT , SORE , STRAITLY , WHILE.

lit., "unto much (time)," is rendered "a long while" in Acts 20:11 . Cp. A, No. 2.

lit., "until when?" signifies "how long?" Matthew 17:17 (twice); Mark 9:19 (twice); Luke 9:41; John 10:24; Revelation 6:10 . eph' hoson signifies "so long as, as long as" (epi, "upon," hosos, "how much"), Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19; 2 Peter 1:13 . See INASMUCH, No. 2.

Notes: (1) For the adverb LONGER, see below. (2) In 2 Peter 2:3 , AV, the adverb ekpalai, "from of old," RV (ek, "from," palai, "of old, formerly"), is translated "of a long time."