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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78764" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78764" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Παρατείνω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3905 — Verb — parateino — par-at-i'-no ) </div> <p> "to stretch out along" (para, "along," teino, "to stretch"), is translated "prolonged" in Acts 20:7 , RV, of Paul's discourse: see [[Continue]] , Note (1). </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62157" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62157" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> PROLONG', L.pro and longus. See Long. </p> 1. To lengthen in time to extend the duration of. [[Temperate]] habits tend to prolong life. 2. To lengthen to draw out in time by delay to continue. <p> Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night. </p> 3. To put off to a distant time. <p> For I myself am not so well provided </p> <p> As else I would be, were the day prolong'd. </p> 4. To extend in space or length. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161649" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161649" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7333" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7333" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' prṓ ''''' - ''''' long ''''' ´ ( ארך , <i> ''''' 'ārakh ''''' </i> , משׁך , <i> ''''' māshakh ''''' </i> ): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of <i> ''''' 'ārakh ''''' </i> , "to stretch," "to make long" ( Deuteronomy 4:26 , and frequently, "prolong days"; Deuteronomy 4:40 , etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Proverbs 28:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Isaiah 53:10 ); of <i> '''''māshakh''''' </i> , "to draw out" ( Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 12:25 , Ezekiel 12:28 the King James Version); of <i> '''''yāṣaph''''' </i> , "to add," "to increase" ( Psalm 61:6; Proverbs 10:27 ); of <i> '''''nāṭāh''''' </i> , "to stretch out," "to incline to" ( Job 15:29 , "neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin); of <i> ''''''arekhāh''''' </i> (Aramaic) ( Daniel 7:12 , "Yet their lives were prolonged," the King James Version margin | <p> ''''' prṓ ''''' - ''''' long ''''' ´ ( ארך , <i> ''''' 'ārakh ''''' </i> , משׁך , <i> ''''' māshakh ''''' </i> ): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of <i> ''''' 'ārakh ''''' </i> , "to stretch," "to make long" ( Deuteronomy 4:26 , and frequently, "prolong days"; Deuteronomy 4:40 , etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Proverbs 28:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Isaiah 53:10 ); of <i> ''''' māshakh ''''' </i> , "to draw out" ( Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 12:25 , Ezekiel 12:28 the King James Version); of <i> ''''' yāṣaph ''''' </i> , "to add," "to increase" ( Psalm 61:6; Proverbs 10:27 ); of <i> ''''' nāṭāh ''''' </i> , "to stretch out," "to incline to" ( Job 15:29 , "neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin); of <i> ''''' 'arekhāh ''''' </i> (Aramaic) ( Daniel 7:12 , "Yet their lives were prolonged," the King James Version margin "A prolonging in life was given them"). "Prolong" occurs in [[Ecclesiasticus]] 29:5, "prolong the time" ( <i> ''''' parelkúō ''''' </i> ); 38:14, "prolong life," the Revised Version (British and American) "maintenance of life" ( <i> ''''' embı́ōsis ''''' </i> ); 30:22, "prolongeth his days," the Revised Version (British and American) "length of days" ( <i> ''''' makroēméreusis ''''' </i> ); 37:31, the Revised Version (British and American) "shall prolong" ( <i> ''''' prostı́thēmi ''''' </i> ). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:56, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to stretch out along" (para, "along," teino, "to stretch"), is translated "prolonged" in Acts 20:7 , RV, of Paul's discourse: see Continue , Note (1).
King James Dictionary [2]
PROLONG', L.pro and longus. See Long.
1. To lengthen in time to extend the duration of. Temperate habits tend to prolong life. 2. To lengthen to draw out in time by delay to continue.
Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night.
3. To put off to a distant time.
For I myself am not so well provided
As else I would be, were the day prolong'd.
4. To extend in space or length.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
(2): ( a.) To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
(3): ( a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
prṓ - long ´ ( ארך , 'ārakh , משׁך , māshakh ): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'ārakh , "to stretch," "to make long" ( Deuteronomy 4:26 , and frequently, "prolong days"; Deuteronomy 4:40 , etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Proverbs 28:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Isaiah 53:10 ); of māshakh , "to draw out" ( Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 12:25 , Ezekiel 12:28 the King James Version); of yāṣaph , "to add," "to increase" ( Psalm 61:6; Proverbs 10:27 ); of nāṭāh , "to stretch out," "to incline to" ( Job 15:29 , "neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin); of 'arekhāh (Aramaic) ( Daniel 7:12 , "Yet their lives were prolonged," the King James Version margin "A prolonging in life was given them"). "Prolong" occurs in Ecclesiasticus 29:5, "prolong the time" ( parelkúō ); 38:14, "prolong life," the Revised Version (British and American) "maintenance of life" ( embı́ōsis ); 30:22, "prolongeth his days," the Revised Version (British and American) "length of days" ( makroēméreusis ); 37:31, the Revised Version (British and American) "shall prolong" ( prostı́thēmi ).
