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Longer
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "yet, as yet, still," is translated "longer" in Luke 16:2 (with separate negative); "any longer" in Romans 6:2 . See ALSO , EVEN , FURTHER , MORE , MOREOVER , STILL , THENCEFORTH , YET.
"no more, no longer" (ou, "not," k, euphonic, and No. 1), is rendered "no longer" in the RV of Mark 7:12 (AV, "no more"); John 15:15 , RV (AV, "henceforth not"); Romans 14:15 , RV (AV, "now ... not"); Galatians 2:20 , RV (AV, "yet not"); Galatians 3:25; 4:7 (AV, "no more"); Philemon 1:16 (AV, "not now"). See HENCEFORTH , MORE , NOW , YET.
also means "no more, no longer," but generally suggests what is a matter of thought or supposition, whereas No. 1 refers to what is a matter of fact. It is rendered "any longer" in Acts 25:24; "no longer," in Mark 2:2 , RV, "no longer (room)," AV, "no (room);" 2 Corinthians 5:15 , RV (AV, "not hence-forth"); Ephesians 4:14 , RV (AV, "no more"); Ephesians 4:17 , RV (AV, "henceforth ... not"); 1 Thessalonians 3:1,5; 1 Timothy 5:23; 1 Peter 4:2 . See (negatively) HENCEFORTH , HENCEFORWARD , HEREAFTER , NO MORE.
the neuter of pleion, "more," the comparative degree of polu, "much," is rendered "longer" in Acts 20:9 , RV (AV "long").
"more," (cp. A, No. 4), is used with chronos, "time," in Acts 18:20 , "a longer time," RV (AV, "longer").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Longer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/longer.html. 1940.
