'Long' in the Bible

And [some] of the disciples from Caesarea also traveled together with us, bringing [us] to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to be entertained as guests.

having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived [as] a Pharisee.

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster, rushed down from it.

But they were expecting [that] he was going to swell up or suddenly to fall down dead. So [after] they had waited for a long [time] and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds [and] began saying [that] he was a god.

Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time [as] he lives?

Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."

But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."

A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

And does not nature itself teach you that a man, if he wears long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.

Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

"in order that it may be well with you, and you may {live a long time} on the earth."

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy [my] child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

For [when] they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,

For certain men have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"

And in those days people will seek death and will never find it, and they will long to die, and death will flee from them.