verb
mēkunomō
Strong’sG3373
I lengthen
stem mēkun-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μηκύνω
(< μῆκος), [in LXX: Is 44:14 (גּדל pi.), Ez 12:25, 28 (משׁךְ ni.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3373 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmay-koo'-no
to lengthen, i.e. (middle voice) to enlarge
Fromfrom G3372;
King Jamesgrow up.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect μᾱκ- Refs 5th c.BC+: future - ῠνῶ Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect -ῠνέω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐμήκῡνα Refs —middle, see below Refs:—passive, perfect μεμήκυσμαι Refs 1st c.BC+:— lengthen, prolong, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Time, μ. χρόνον, βίον, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, νοσεύματα μηκυνθέντα Refs 5th c.BC+
2 delay, put off, τέλος Refs 5th c.BC+
3 μ. λόγον, λόγους, spin out a speech, speak at length, Refs 5th c.BC+, to be lengthy or tedious, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. περί τινος enlarge upon.., Refs 4th c.BC+, talk at length about, dwell upon.., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be expounded at length, αὖθις ταῦτα μηκυνθήσεται Refs 4th c.BC+; to be continually repeated, Refs 1st c.BC+; to be dwelt upon, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 μ. βοήν raise a loud cry, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 Grammars, lengthen a syllable, Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.BC+; φωνῆεν μηκυνόμενον a vowel capable of being scanned long, as αιυ, Refs 7th c.AD+
6 Arith., multiply by a fresh factor, Refs
7 middle, ἐμακύναντο κολοσσόν reared a tall statue, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| mēkunoteiōμηκύνηται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive subjunctive 3rd person singular | grows | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mēkunomō | mēkunome | mēkunomē | mēkunomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mēkunosō | mēkunose | mēkunosē | mēkunoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mēkunotō | mēkunote | mēkunotē | mēkunotelē |
| we 1st person plural | mēkunonō | mēkunone | mēkunonē | mēkunonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mēkunovō | mēkunove | mēkunovē | mēkunovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mēkunolō | mēkunole | mēkunolē | mēkunolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mēkunomeiō | mēkunomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mēkunoseiō | mēkunoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mēkunoteiō1×μηκύνηται | mēkunoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | mēkunoneiō | mēkunoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mēkunoveiō | mēkunoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mēkunoleiō | mēkunoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mēkunosōr | mēkunosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mēkunotōr | mēkunotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mēkunovōr | mēkunovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mēkunolōr | mēkunolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mēkunomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | mēkunosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mēkunotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | mēkunonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | mēkunovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | mēkunoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | mēkunorō | mēkunorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | mēkunorōntos | mēkunorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
mēkun is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mēkunoteiō“grows”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
Mark 4:27… hēmeran, kai tos sporos blastateiō kai mēkunoteiō hōs ouk oidatē autos.… wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.