KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To prolong in time. 2. To make longer in extent.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Kings 3:14
Complete exact-word concordance
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe my Statutes and my Commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, then I will lengthen thy dayes.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.5.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtaines of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate.
To grow longer; to extend in length.
