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long

Meaning of “long”

Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:8

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Luke 1:21
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
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1611 witness · Luke 1:21 · retained source text

And the people waited for Zacharias, and maruelled that hee taried so long in the temple.

Luke 8:27
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 8:27 · retained source text

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the citie a certaine man which had deuils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombes.

Luke 9:41
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 9:41 · retained source text

And Iesus answering, said, O faithlesse, and peruerse generation, how long shal I be with you, and suffer you? bring thy sonne hither.

Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 18:7 · retained source text

And shall not God auenge his owne elect, which crie day and night vnto him, thogh he beare long with them?

Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 20:9 · retained source text

Then began hee to speake to the people this parable: A certaine man planted a vineyard, and let it foorth to husbandmen, and went into a farre countrey for a long time.

1611 marginal noteMat. 21.33.

Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 20:46 · retained source text

Beware of the Scribes, which desire to walke in long robes, and loue greetings in the markets, and the highest seates in the Synagogues, and the chiefe roumes at feasts:

1611 marginal noteMat. 23.5.

Luke 23:8
¶ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 23:8 · retained source text

¶ And when Herode saw Iesus, he was exceeding glad, for hee was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him, and hee hoped to haue seene some miracle done by him.

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