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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 - When they had gone but a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you returned evil for good? Why have you stolen my silver cup?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; and he called it the tent of meeting. And every one who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - "Say to the people of Israel, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is afar off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - some of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, whether near you or far off from you, from the 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 way is too long for you, so that you are not able to bring the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:15 - Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - "For this commandment which I command you this day is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, a distance of about two thousand cubits; do not come near it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zar'ethan, and those flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he commanded them, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it; do not go very far from the city, but hold yourselves all in readiness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, "Why did you deceive us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you dwell among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men departed, and came to La'ish, and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sido'nians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth, and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sido'nians and had no dealings with any one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mor'decai recorded these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasu-e'rus, both near and far,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:3 - I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the LORD; and I will heal him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We all growl like bears, we moan and moan like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - He that is far off shall die of pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is left and is preserved shall die of famine. Thus I will spend my fury upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - "Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, your fellow exiles, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'They have gone far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nought'?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 - He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15 - "And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the LORD; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9 - Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.
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