Lengthen
Bible Usage:
- length used 77 times.
- lengthen used twice.
- lengthened used once.
- lengthening used once.
- First Reference: 1 Kings 3:14
- Last Reference: Isaiah 54:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H748 Used 2 times
LENGTH'EN, verb transitive length'n.
1. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; as, to lengthen a line.
2. To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration; as, to lengthen life. The days lengthen from December to June.
3. To extend; as, to lengthen a discourse or a dissertation.
4. To draw out in pronunciation; as, to lengthen a sound or a syllable. This verb is often followed by out, which may be sometimes emphatical, but in general is useless.
What if I please to lengthen out his date?
LENGTH'EN, verb intransitive To grow longer; to extend in length. A hempen rope contracts when wet, and lengthens when dry.
LENGTH'ENED, participle passive Made longer; drawn out in length; continued in duration.
LENGTH'ENING, participle present tense Making longer; extending in length or in duration.
LENGTH'ENING, noun Continuation; protraction. Daniel 4:27.
Bible Usage:
- length used 77 times.
- lengthen used twice.
- lengthened used once.
- lengthening used once.
- First Reference: 1 Kings 3:14
- Last Reference: Isaiah 54:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H748 Used 2 times