Word Summary
mēkynō: to lengthen, grow
Original Word: μηκύνωTransliteration: mēkynō
Phonetic Spelling: (may-koo'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lengthen, grow
Meaning: to lengthen, grow
Strong's Concordance
grow up.
From mekos; to lengthen, i.e. (middle voice) to enlarge -- grow up.
see GREEK mekos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3373: μηκύνωμηκύνω: (
μῆκος); from
Herodotus and
Pindar down;
to make long, to lengthen; in the Bible twice of plants, equivalent to
to cause to grow, increase:
ὁ ἐφυτευσε κύριος καί ὑετός ἐμήκυνεν (
יְגַדִּל),
Isaiah 44:14; hence, passive (others, middle) present
μηκύνομαι;
to grow up:
Mark 4:27 (
μηκύνηται (
Tr marginal reading
μηκύνεται)).