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Lexicon :: Strong's G3113 - makrothen

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μακρόθεν
Transliteration
makrothen (Key)
Pronunciation
mak-roth'-en
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
14x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
14x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
31x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:372,549

Strong’s Definitions

μακρόθεν makróthen, mak-roth'-en; adverb from G3117; from a distance or afar:—afar off, from far.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3113 in the following manner: afar off (13x), from far (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3113 in the following manner: afar off (13x), from far (1x).
  1. from afar, afar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μακρόθεν makróthen, mak-roth'-en; adverb from G3117; from a distance or afar:—afar off, from far.
STRONGS G3113:
μακρόθεν (μακρός), adverb, especially of later Greek (Polybius, others; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 93); the Sept. for מֵרָחוק, רָחוק, etc.; from afar, afar: Mark 8:3; Mark 11:13; Luke 18:13; Luke 22:54; Luke 23:49; with the preposition ἀπό prefixed (cf. Winers Grammar, 422 (393); § 65, 2; Buttmann, 70 (62)): Matthew 26:58 (here T omits; WH brackets ἀπό); Matthew 27:55; Mark 5:6; Mark 14:54; Mark 15:40, Luke 16:23; Revelation 18:10, 15, 17; also L T Tr WH in Mark 11:13; L T Tr marginal reading WH in Luke 23:49; T Tr WH in Mark 8:3 (Psalm 137:6 (Ps. 138:6); 2 Kings 19:25 manuscript Alex.; 2 Esdr. 3:13).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
19:25
Psalms
137:6; 138:6
Matthew
26:58; 27:55
Mark
5:6; 8:3; 8:3; 11:13; 11:13; 14:54; 15:40
Luke
16:23; 18:13; 22:54; 23:49; 23:49
Revelation
18:10; 18:15; 18:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3113 matches the Greek μακρόθεν (makrothen),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me [fn]see when the child dies.” And she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:4 - On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 -

And they saw him from a distance, and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 -

And all the people perceived the [fn]thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and the people perceived it, and they shook and stood at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:21 - So the people stood at a distance, but Moses came near the dense gloom where God was.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 -

Then He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you all shall worship at a distance.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 -

“Yahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose tongue you shall not understand,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 -

“And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, shall see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which Yahweh has [fn]afflicted it, and they will say,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now, cut a covenant with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the [fn]fame of Yahweh your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 -

Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance with a large area between them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 -

Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, but the two of them stood by the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 -

“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your great name’s sake and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm, so if they come and pray toward this house,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - so that the people could not distinguish the [fn]voices of the shouting of gladness from the [fn]voices of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and those [fn]voices were heard far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day they offered great sacrifices and were glad because God had given them great gladness, even the women and children were glad, so that the gladness of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -

Lamedh

[fn]Why do You stand afar off, O Yahweh?

Why do You hide [fn]Yourself in times of distress?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 -

My [fn]loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:6 -

For Yahweh is high,

Yet He sees the lowly,

But the one who exalts himself He knows from afar.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:2 -

You know [fn]when I sit down and [fn]when I rise up;

You understand my thought from afar.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 -

Like cold water to a weary soul,

So is a good report from a distant land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 -

He

She is like merchant ships;

She brings her food from afar.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 -

“Lift up your eyes round about and see;

They all gather together; they come to you.

Your sons will come from afar,

And your daughters will be [fn]carried on the nurses’ hip.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 -

“Surely the coastlands will hope in Me;

And the ships of Tarshish will come first,

To bring your sons from afar,

Their silver and their gold with them,

For the name of Yahweh your God,

And for the Holy One of Israel because He has [fn]adorned you with beautiful glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 -

“Make mention of it to the nations, saying, ‘Behold!’

Make it heard over Jerusalem,

‘Besiegers come from a far country,

And give forth their voices against the cities of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 -

“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba

And the [fn]sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,

And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 -

Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:

“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign [fn]idols?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 -

“But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear,

Nor be dismayed, O Israel!

For behold, I am going to save you from afar,

And your seed from the land of their captivity;

And Jacob will return and have quiet

And be at ease, with no one making him tremble.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:50 -

You who have escaped the sword,

Go! Do not stand around!

Remember Yahweh from afar,

And let Jerusalem come upon your heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40 -

“Furthermore, [fn]they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 -

“Their horses are swifter than leopards

And [fn]sharper than wolves in the evening.

Their [fn]horsemen come galloping;

Their horsemen come from afar;

They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

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