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Strong's G3372 μῆκος (mekos)

mekos - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3372 — yare (“affright”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3372
Language Greek
Linked Usages 79
Books 13

Strong's G3372 Quick Answer

Strong's G3372 μῆκος (mekos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mekos (may`-kos) n. 1. length {literally or figuratively} It has 79 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include may and length. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
mekos (may`-kos) n. 1. length {literally or figuratively}
Usage
79 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
may and length

Meaning and Definition

mekos (may`-kos) n. 1. length {literally or figuratively} [probably akin to G3173] KJV: length See also: G3173

Original Word
μῆκος
Transliteration
mekos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3372. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3372 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mekos, 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.

How Strong's G3372 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 75 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 G3372 (μῆκος) appears 82 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3372 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 G3372 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Ephesians 3:18 KJV

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

Revelation 21:16 KJV

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

Strong's G3372 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

75 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

Genesis 12:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem, to the high oak, and the Canaanites then inhabited the land.

Genesis 13:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.

Strong's G3372 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 1:2 Septuagint / Brenton

and built in Ecbatana walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:

Judith 7:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia, by the fountain, and they spread themselves in breadth over Dothan even to Balbaim, and in length from Bethulia unto Cyamon, which is over against Esdraelon.

Usage Excerpts

First 79 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3372.

Genesis 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
Genesis 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem, to the high oak, and the Canaanites then inhabited the land.
Genesis 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
Exodus 25:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
Exodus 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.
Exodus 26:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins.
Exodus 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it.
Exodus 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.
Exodus 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.
Exodus 27:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.
Exodus 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth.
Exodus 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.
Exodus 36:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They made the oracle square and double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span—double.
Exodus 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
Exodus 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
Deuteronomy 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the Rephaim: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.
Judges 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ehud made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
3 Kingdoms 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
3 Kingdoms 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
3 Kingdoms 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
3 Kingdoms 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.
3 Kingdoms 7:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the house with the wood of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side pieces of cedar.
3 Kingdoms 7:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the porch of the pillars, they were fifty cubits long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of the house by the porches.
2 Chronicles 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front of the other house, the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded it with pure gold for cherubs, to the amount of six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.
2 Chronicles 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it was five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven,
2 Chronicles 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened it.
Proverbs 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For length of existence, and years of life, And peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The paths of life turn aside from evil; And the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; And he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; And he that loves his life will spare his mouth.
Jeremiah 52:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a brazen chapiter upon them, and the length was five cubits, even the height of one chapiter; and there were on the chapiter round about network and pomegranates, all of brass: and correspondingly the second pillar had eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits.
Ezekiel 40:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and the porch five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed.
Ezekiel 40:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the porticoes were behind the gates; according to the length of the gates, was the lower peristyle.
Ezekiel 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and behold a gate looking northward belonging to the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
Ezekiel 40:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And its windows and its porches round about were according to the windows of the porch: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches, according to these measures: and there were windows to it and to the porches round about: its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits,
Ezekiel 40:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these measures: and there were windows to it, and porches round about: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches: and it had windows round about, and it had its porches: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were four tables of hewn stone for whole burnt offerings, the breadth of them was a cubit and a half, and the length of them two cubits and a half, and their height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole burnt offerings and the victims.
Ezekiel 40:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the court, the length whereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house.
Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and there were pillars to the porch, one on this side and one on that side.
Ezekiel 41:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 41:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the length of the doors, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, in front of the temple: and he said, This is the holy of holies.
Ezekiel 41:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the partition wall in front of the remaining space, toward the west, was seventy cubits in breadth; the breadth of the partition wall was five cubits round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.
Ezekiel 41:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured in front of the house a length of a hundred cubits, and the remaining spaces and the partitions; and the walls thereof were in length a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 41:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the length of the partition in front of the space left by the back parts of that house; and the spaces left on this side and on that side were in length a hundred cubits: and the temple and the corners and the outer porch were ceiled.
Ezekiel 41:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord.
Ezekiel 42:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty,
Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the length reaching to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward.
Ezekiel 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was light without, corresponding to the chambers of the outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length of them was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the length of the chambers looking toward the inner court was fifty cubits, and these are the ones that front the others; the whole was a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 42:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the walk was in front of them, according to the measures of the chambers toward the north, both according to the length of them, and according to the breadth of them, and according to all their openings, and according to all their turnings, and according to their lights, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 43:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the altar shall be of the length of twelve cubits, by twelve cubits in breadth, square upon its four sides.
Ezekiel 43:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mercy seat shall be fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and there shall be a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
Ezekiel 45:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when ye measure the land for inheritance, ye shall set apart firstfruits to the Lord, a holy space of the land, in length twenty and five thousand reeds, and in breadth twenty thousand; it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel 45:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And out of this measurement shalt thou measure the length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and in it shall be the holy of holies.
Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attend the house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession.
Ezekiel 45:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall appoint for the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and in length twenty-five thousand: after the manner of the firstfruits of the holy portion, they shall be for all the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 45:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince shall have a portion out of this, and out of this there shall be a portion for the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and for the possession of the city, in front of the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and in front of the possession of the city westward, and from the western parts eastward: and the length shall be equal to one of the parts of the western borders, and the length shall be to the eastern borders of the land.
Ezekiel 46:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on every side a court, even a court for all the four sides, and each little court belonging to the court was in length forty cubits, and in breadth thirty cubits, there was one measure to the four.
Ezekiel 48:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the borders of Judah, from the eastern parts shall be the offering of firstfruits, in breadth twenty-five thousand reeds, and in length as one of the portions measured from the east even to the western parts: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of them.
Ezekiel 48:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the firstfruits which they shall offer to the Lord, it shall be in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth twenty-five thousand.
Ezekiel 48:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of this shall be the firstfruits of the holy things to the priests, northward, five and twenty thousand, and toward the west, ten thousand, and southward, five and twenty thousand: and the mountain of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst of it,
Ezekiel 48:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levites shall have the part, next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand.
Ezekiel 48:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remainder of the length that is next to the firstfruits of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that labor for the city.
Ezekiel 48:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince shall have the remainder on this side and on that side from the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and there shall be a possession of the city, for five and twenty thousand cubits in length, to the eastern and western borders, for five and twenty thousand to the western borders, next to the portions of the prince; and the firstfruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
Zechariah 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
Zechariah 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits.
Ephesians 3:18 New Testament, KJV
May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Revelation 21:16 New Testament, KJV
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Judith 1:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and built in Ecbatana walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:
Judith 7:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia, by the fountain, and they spread themselves in breadth over Dothan even to Balbaim, and in length from Bethulia unto Cyamon, which is over against Esdraelon.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3372, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 37 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3372 FAQ

What does mekos (μῆκος) mean?

Strong's G3372 is a Greek entry for G3372 μῆκος (mekos). mekos (may`-kos) n. 1. length {literally or figuratively}

How many times is mekos (μῆκος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 79 linked usages for Strong's G3372 across 13 books.

Where can I study mekos (μῆκος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3372 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mekos (μῆκος)?

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Does Strong's G3372 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 75 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3372, with linked reader references where each row is available.