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Strong's #3373 - μηκύνω
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- to make long, to lengthen
- in the Bible twice of plants, to cause to grow, increase
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μηκύν-ω,
Dor. μᾱκ- Pi. (v. infr.): fut. - ῠνῶ Th. 4.17, Ion. - ῠνέω Hdt. 2.35: aor. ἐμήκῡνα Id. 3.60: — Med., v. infr. 7: — Pass., pf. μεμήκυσμαι Phld. (v. infr.), Eust.ad D.P. 64: —
1. lengthen, prolong, Hp. Aph. 1.12; τὸ μέτωπον τῆς τάξεως X. Eq.Mag. 4.9; τὰς ὁδούς Id. Mem. 3.13.5; μηκυνθέν τε καὶ σχὸν πλάτος Pl. Plt. 282e; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, E. HF 87, 143: — Pass., νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Hp. Aër. 7; ἐμηκύνετο ὁ πόλεμος Th. 1.102.
2. delay, put off, τέλος Pi. P. 4.286.
3. μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, Hdt. 2.35, S. El. 1484; τέκν' εἰ φανέντ' ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον Id. OC 1120; τὴν ἀπολογίαν Isoc. 11.44; λόγους μακροτέρους Th. 4.17: without λόγον, to be lengthy or tedious, Hdt. 3.60, Ar. Lys. 1132, Pl. R. 437a, D.H. Comp. 23; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon.., Demetr. Eloc. 71: acc. objecti, μ. τὰ περὶ τῆς πόλεως, τὴν ὠφελίαν, talk at length about, dwell upon.., Th. 2.42, 43: — Pass., to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται Epicur. Nat. 14.5; μεμηκυσμένον σύγγραμμα Phld. Po. 5.26; to be continually repeated, D.H. Comp. 12; to be dwelt upon, Demetr. Eloc. 137.
4. μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, S. OC 489.
5. Gramm., lengthen a syllable, Str. 10.5.8: — Pass., D.H. Comp. 15, Plu. 2.275f, A.D. Adv. 146.18; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, Heph. 1.4.
6. Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, Theol.Ar. 24,48.
7. Med., ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, AP 6.171.
μηκύνω: (μῆκος); from Herodotus and Pindar down; to make long, to lengthen; in the Bible twice of plants, equivalent to to cause to grow, increase: ὁ ἐφυτευσε κύριος καί ὑετός ἐμήκυνεν (יְגַדִּל), Isaiah 44:14; hence, passive (others, middle) present μηκύνομαι; to grow up: Mark 4:27 (μηκύνηται (Tr marginal reading μηκύνεται)).
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μηκύνω
(< μῆκος ),
[in LXX: Isaiah 44:14 (H1431 pi.), Ezekiel 12:25; Ezekiel 12:28 (H4900 ni.) *;]
to lengthen, extend: of causing plants to grow, Isa, l.c.; pass. (mid., Swete, in l), to grow: Mark 4:27.†
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