Length
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To lengthen.
(2): ( a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
(3): ( a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
(4): ( a.) Distance.
(5): ( a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.
(6): ( a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
(7): ( a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
King James Dictionary [2]
Length n.
1. The extent of anything material from end to end the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides as the length of a church or of a ship the length of a rope or line. 2. Extent extension.
Stretch'd at his length he spurns the swarthy ground.
3. A certain extent a portion of space with a plural.
Large lengths of seas and shores -
4. Space of time duration, indefinitely as a great length of time. What length of time will this enterprise require for its accomplishment? 5. Long duration.
May heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss, with length of days, and every day like this.
6. Reach or extent as, to pursue a subject to a great length. 7. Extent as the length of a discourse, essay, or argument. 8. Distance.
He had marched to the length of Exeter.
Unusual and inelegant.
1. At length, at or in the full extent. Let the name be inserted at length. 2. At last at the end or conclusion.
LENGTH, To extend. Not used.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"length," from the same root as makros, "long" (see Far , LONG), occurs in Ephesians 3:18; Revelation 21:16 (twice).
