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Lexicon :: Strong's G3112 - makran

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μακράν
Transliteration
makran (Key)
Pronunciation
mak-ran'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine accusative case singular of μακρός (G3117) (3598 being implied)
mGNT
8x in 1 unique form(s) TR
10x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
50x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:372,549

Strong’s Definitions

μακράν makrán, mak-ran'; feminine accusative case singular of G3117 (G3598 being implied); at a distance (literally or figuratively):—(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3112 in the following manner: far (4x), afar off (2x), good way off (1x), far hence (1x), great way off (1x), far off (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3112 in the following manner: far (4x), afar off (2x), good way off (1x), far hence (1x), great way off (1x), far off (1x).

  1. far, a great way

  2. far hence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μακράν makrán, mak-ran'; feminine accusative case singular of G3117 (G3598 being implied); at a distance (literally or figuratively):—(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
STRONGS G3112:
μακράν (properly, feminine accusative of the adjective μακρός, namely, ὁδόν, a long way (Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 12)), adverb, the Sept. for רָחוק) (from Aeschylus down); far, a great way: absolutely, ἀπέχειν, Luke 15:20; of the terminus to which, far hence, ἐξαποστελῶ σε, Acts 22:21; with ἀπό τίνος added, Matthew 8:30; Luke 7:6 (T omits ἀπό); John 21:8; τόν Θεόν... οὐ μακράν ἀπό ἑνός ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα, i. e. who is near everyone of us by his power and influence (so that we have no need to seek the knowledge of him from without), Acts 17:27; οἱ εἰς μακράν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 415 (387)) those that are afar off, the inhabitants of remote regions, i. e. the Gentiles, Acts 2:39, cf. Isaiah 2:2ff; Zechariah 6:15. metaphorically, οὐ μακράν εἰ ἀπό τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, but little is lacking for thy reception into the kingdom of God, or thou art almost fit to be a citizen in the divine kingdom, Mark 12:34; οἱ πότε ὄντες μακράν (opposed to οἱ ἐγγύς), of heathen (on the sense, see ἐγγύς, 1 b.), Ephesians 2:13; also οἱ μακράν, Ephesians 2:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
2:2
Zechariah
6:15
Matthew
8:30
Mark
12:34
Luke
7:6; 15:20
John
21:8
Acts
2:39; 17:27; 22:21
Ephesians
2:13; 2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3112 matches the Greek μακράν (makran),
which occurs 50 times in 49 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - (LXX 8:24) And Pharao said, I will let you go, and do ye sacrifice to your God in the wilderness, but do not go very far away: pray then for me to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - And Moses took his tabernacle and pitched it without the camp, at a distance from the camp; and it was called the Tabernacle of Testimony: and it came to pass that every one that sought the Lord went forth to the tabernacle which was without the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whatever man shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or on a journey far off, among you, or among your posterity; he shall then keep the passover to the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - (LXX 13:8) of the gods of the nations that are round about you, who are near thee or at a distance from thee, from one end of the earth to the other;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - And if the journey be too far for thee, and thou art not able to bring them, because the place is far from thee which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - Thus shalt thou do to all the cities that are very far off from thee, not being of the cities of these nations which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - [fn]For this command which I give thee this day is not grievous, neither is it far from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way [fn]before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as [fn]the region of Kariathiarim, and [fn]the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he charged them, saying, Do ye lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and ye shall all be ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have ye deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas ye are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as is the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one [fn]perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with any one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, and to enter in to possess the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28 - And there was no deliverer, because the city is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it is in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and dwelt in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If it be that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin,) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them to a land far or near,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - Whereas if they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man who will not sin,) and thou shalt smite them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - (LXX 4:13) And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:3 - Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - (LXX 21:1) For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. (21:2) [fn] O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 - (LXX 64:6) Thou art wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - (LXX 118:155) Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16 - to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - Every one who hates his poor brother shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, and a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; and he that uses provoking words shall not escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I shall have taken away his sin; when they shall have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12 - Hearken to me, ye senseless ones, that are far from righteousness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - He that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is far off shall die by the pestilence; and he that is in the siege shall be consumed with famine: and I will accomplish mine anger upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - Son of man, thy brethren, and the men of thy captivity, and all the house of Israel are come to the full, to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Keep ye far away from the Lord: the land is given to us for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - to those near thee, and to those far distant from thee; and they shall mock thee, thou that art notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, and to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Juda, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever thou hast scattered them, for the sin which they committed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8 - (LXX 4:8) And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them into captivity to a far distant nation: for the Lord has spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15 - And they that are far from them shall come and build in the house of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you: and this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9 - And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return.
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