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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μακρόςG3117
Pronunciationmakrós
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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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 distant1×Luke 15:13
make lengthy prayers1×Luke 20:47
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 12:40
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Mark1Luke2
Source forms
μακρὰ2xmakraMark 12:40, Luke 20:47
μακράν1xmakranLuke 15:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural2xMark 12:40, Luke 20:47
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1xLuke 15:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
Strong'sG3117
Lexical occurrences11 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms2 forms11 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 23:14Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰmakra
long, distant
Read verseMark 12:40Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰmakra
long, distant
Read verseLuke 15:13Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
μακράν,makran
long, distant
Read verseLuke 19:12Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
μακράν,makran
long, distant
Read verseLuke 20:47Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
μακρὰmakra
long, distant
Read verseActs 2:39Adjective 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 patterns2Aligned forms11Case patternAccusative (11)Number patternSingular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 8:30 · Luke 15:13 · Luke 19:12 · John 21:8 · Acts 2:39 · Acts 17:27 · Acts 22:21 · Eph 2:13 · Eph 2:179×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterMark 12:40 · Luke 20:472×
Word Origins
μακρός is built from this root:
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