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Strong's #3112 - μακράν
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μακράν,
Ion. μακρήν, acc. fem. of μακρός used as Adv., far, μ. ἀνωτέρω θακῶν A. Pr. 314; μ. λελειμμένος
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1. left far behind, ib. 857; οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθένοντες S. OT 16; ἀπελθεῖν Ar. Ra. 438 (lyr.); ἱέναι X. An. 3.4.17; ἔστ' οὐ μ. ἄπωθεν Ar. Av. 1184; τοὔργον οὐ μ. λέγεις the business you speak of is not far to seek, S. Ph. 26: c. gen., far from, βαρβάρου χθονός E. IT 629; κἂν ᾖ τοῦ γένους μ. Pl.Com. 192; τῶν πολεμίων Plb. 3.50.8; οὐ μ. ἀπό τινος Id. 3.45.2: in Comp., ἀποσκίδνασθαι μακροτέραν to a greater distance, Th. 6.98; πορεύεσθαι μ. X. An. 2.2.11: Sup., ὅτι μακροτάτην as far as possible, c. gen. loci, ib. 7.8.20.
2. μακρὰν λέγειν speak at length, A. Th. 713, S. El. 1259; μ. τείνειν A. Ag. 1296, S. Aj. 1040; ἐκτείνειν A. Ag. 916.
II of Time, long, μ. ζῆν, ἀναμένειν, S. El. 323, 1389 (lyr.); οὐ μ. shortly, E. Or. 850, etc.; so οὐκ ἐς μακρήν Hdt. 5.108, cf. A. Supp. 925, Ar. V. 454, etc.; εὐθύς, οὐκ εἰς μὰκράν D. 18.36 (but, not at length, Phld. Piet. 25).
μακράν (prop. fern. acc of μακρός , Sc. ὁδόν ), adv.,
[in LXX for H7350 hi., H7368, etc.;]
a long way, far: Luke 15:20, Acts 22:21; seq. ἀπό , Matthew 8:30, Luke 7:6, John 21:8, Acts 17:27; id. metaph., Mark 12:34; οἱ εἰς μ ., Acts 2:39 (cf. Isaiah 2:2); metaph., οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μ . (opp. to ἐγγύς ), Ephesians 2:13; οἱ μ ., Ephesians 2:17.†
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μακράν is construed with the gen. in P Oxy I. 113.18 (ii/A.D.) ἡ αἰτία αὕτη ἐστίν, διὰ τὸ τὸν χαλκέα μακρὰν ἡμῶν εἶναι, ";the reason is that the smith is a long way from us"; (Edd.). For εἰς μακράν cf. Meyer Ostr 66.2 (iii/A.D.) ἐὰν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀπῆλθεν εἰς μακράν κτλ., where note also ἐάν c. ind. (cf. Blass–Debrunner § 372).
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