'Long' in the Bible

And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.

And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.

But not long after there came down it a hurricane called Euroclydon.

And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.

But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down suddenly dead. But when they had expected a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.