What does μακρός (makrós) mean in the Bible?
μακρός (makrós) is a Greek word meaning "long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))".
Greek · G3117
μακρός
Long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
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μακρός G3117
Pronunciation makrós
What does μακρός (makrós) mean in the Bible?
μακρός (makrós) is a Greek word meaning "long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3117?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), a distant (1), make lengthy prayers (1).
Where does μακρός (makrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 12:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× Mark 12:40
a distant 1× Luke 15:13
make lengthy prayers 1× Luke 20:47
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 12:40
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Luke 2
Source forms
μακρὰ 2x makra Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47
μακράν 1x makran Luke 15:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 15:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
Strong's G3117
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:14 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰ makra
long, distant
Read verse Mark 12:40 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰ makra
long, distant
Read verse Luke 15:13 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
μακράν, makran
long, distant
Read verse Luke 19:12 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
μακράν, makran
long, distant
Read verse Luke 20:47 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰ makra
long, distant
Read verse Acts 2:39 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
μακράν, makran
long, distant
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Accusative (11) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:30 · Luke 15:13 · Luke 19:12 · John 21:8 · Acts 2:39 · Acts 17:27 · Acts 22:21 · Eph 2:13 · Eph 2:17 9×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Mark 12:40 · Luke 20:47 2×
Word Origins
μακρός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain