What does μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios) mean in the Bible?
μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios) is a Greek word meaning "long-lived".
Greek · G3118
μακροχρόνιος
Long-lived
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μακροχρόνιος G3118
Pronunciation makrochrónios
What does μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios) mean in the Bible?
μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios) is a Greek word meaning "long-lived".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3118?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a long life (1).
Where does μακροχρόνιος (makrochrónios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 6:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (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 a long life 1× Ephesians 6:3
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Usage map
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First aligned row Ephesians 6:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
μακροχρόνιος 1x makrochronios Ephesians 6:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Ephesians 6:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. long-lived
Strong's G3118
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
long-lived
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 6:3 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
μακροχρόνιος makrocroniov
long-lived
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Eph 6:3 1×
Word Origins
μακροχρόνιος is built from these roots:
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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