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Strong's G3117 μακρός (makros)

Makros means “long” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3117 — yom (“day”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3117
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 19

Strong's G3117 Quick Answer

Strong's G3117 μακρός (makros) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. makros (mak-ros') adj. 1. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural)) [from G3372] It has 28 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include long and far. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
makros (mak-ros') adj. 1. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural)) [from G3372]
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
long and far

Meaning and Definition

makros (mak-ros') adj. 1. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural)) [from G3372] KJV: far, long Root(s): G3372

Original Word
μακρός
Transliteration
makros
Derivation
Root: μῆκος R1: 3372
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3117. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

long/distant

Usage: μακρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX for אָרֹךְ, רָחוֹק and cognate forms, etc. ;] of space and time, long: μακρὰ προσεύχεσθαι, Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47. of distance, far, far distant: χώρα, Luk.15:13 19:12.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3117 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render makros, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

long Matthew 23:14 far Luke 15:13

How Strong's G3117 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3117 (μακρός) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3117 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3117 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 23:14 KJV

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Mark 12:40 KJV

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 15:13 KJV

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Strong's G3117 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 9:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And whatsoever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey, and shall fail to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its season: that man shall bear his iniquity.

Deuteronomy 19:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and slay him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.

2 Kingdoms 7:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come. And is this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?

Strong's G3117 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 8:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:

Wisdom of Solomon 12:24 Septuagint / Brenton

For they went astray very far in the ways of error, And held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, Being deceived, as children of no understanding.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3117.

Numbers 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey, and shall fail to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its season: that man shall bear his iniquity.
Deuteronomy 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and slay him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
2 Kingdoms 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come. And is this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?
2 Kingdoms 15:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king and all his servants went out on foot; and abode in a distant house.
1 Chronicles 17:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these things were little in thy sight, O God: thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come, and thou hast looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and hast exalted me, O Lord God.
Ezra 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Job 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or longer than the measure of the earth, Or the breadth of the sea.
Proverbs 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But is gone on a long journey,
Proverbs 35:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That which is far beyond what was, And a great depth, who shall find it out?
Isaiah 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:
Jeremiah 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?
Jeremiah 36:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Did he not send for this purpose? for in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah 38:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.
Ezekiel 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, behold, the provoking house of Israel boldly say, The vision which this man sees is for many days, and he prophesies for times afar off.
Ezekiel 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Lebanon—and he took the choice branches of the cedar:
Matthew 23:14 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mark 12:40 New Testament, KJV
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
Luke 15:13 New Testament, KJV
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke 19:12 New Testament, KJV
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luke 20:47 New Testament, KJV
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
1 Maccabees 8:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:
Wisdom of Solomon 4:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:
Wisdom of Solomon 12:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they went astray very far in the ways of error, And held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, Being deceived, as children of no understanding.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The physician cutteth off a long disease: And he that is today a king tomorrow shall die.
Baruch 4:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of the sins which ye have committed before God, ye shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3117, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3117 FAQ

What does makros (μακρός) mean?

Makros (Strong's G3117) is a Greek word most simply glossed "long". makros (mak-ros') adj. 1. long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural)) [from G3372]

How many times is makros (μακρός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G3117 across 19 books.

Where can I study makros (μακρός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3117 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate makros (μακρός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as long and far. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3117 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3117, with linked reader references where each row is available.