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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3113 - μακρόθεν

Transliteration

makróthen

Phonetics

mak-roth'-en

Origin

from (G3117)

Parts of Speech

adverb

TDNT

4:372,549

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

from afar, afar

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7350 ‑ רָחֹק (raw‑khoke', raw‑khoke'); 7350 ‑ רָחֹק (raw‑khoke', raw‑khoke'); 7368 ‑ רָחַק (raw‑khak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

BSB (14)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

CSB (2)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

ESV (12)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

KJV (14)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 6

Luke 8

Revelation 3

N95 (17)

Matthew 2

Mark 6

Luke 6

Revelation 3

NAS (19)

Matthew 2

Mark 6

Luke 7

Revelation 3

NLT (14)

Matthew 4

Mark 9

Luke 8

Revelation 6

WEB (15)

Matthew 2

Mark 6

Luke 4

Revelation 3

YLT (14)

Matthew 2

Mark 5

Luke 4

Revelation 3

ASV (14)

afar 8

afar off 4

from far 1

off 1

BSB (14)

a distance 8

a great distance 1

afar 1

at a distance 3

the distance 1

CSB (2)

distance 1

off 1

ESV (12)

afar 1

distance 5

far 4

far off 1

off 1

KJV (14)

afar 6

far 1

off 7

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (19)

a 1

at 1

away 1

distance 13

far 1

great 1

some 1

N95 (17)

away 1

distance 13

far 1

great 1

some 1

NAS (19)

a 1

at 1

away 1

distance 13

far 1

great 1

some 1

NLT (14)

distance 13

off 1

WEB (15)

a distance 1

a long way 1

afar 4

at a distance 1

distance 1

far 4

far away 1

from a distance 1

off 1

YLT (14)

afar 3

afar off 8

far off 2

from far 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV 14

ANT

ADV 14

BEZ

ADV 14

BGB

ADV 14

BMT

ADV 14

BYZ

ADV 14

ELZ

ADV 14

NA26

D 14

SBL

ADV 14

SCV

ADV 14

STV

ADV 14

TIS

ADV 14

TRG

ADV 14

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μάκρο-θεν,

Adv. from afar, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.199, LXX John 9:15, PTeb. 230 (ii B. C.), Str. 3.3.4, etc.; ἀπὸ μ. Mark 5:6; of Time, from long since, Plb. 1.65.7.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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); ; 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 (); 2 Kings 19:25 manuscript Alex.; 2 Esdr. 3:13).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μακρόθεν

(< μακρός ),

adv. (chiefly late),

[in LXX for H7350, H7368, etc.;]

from afar, afar: Luke 18:13; Luke 22:54; ἀπὸ μ . (Psalms 138:6, Ezra 3:13, al.), Matthew 26:58; Matthew 27:55, Mark 5:6; Mark 8:3; Mark 11:13; Mark 14:54; Mark 15:40, Luke 16:23; Luke 23:49, Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:15; Revelation 18:17.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this late Greek equivalent of πόρρωθεν (Blass Gr., p. 59) cf. P Tebt I. 230 (late ii/B.C.) μα ̣κρόθ ̣εν. . . ἀπολ ̣ύσαντες. On the pleonastic ἀπὸ μακρόθεν (Mark 5:6 al.) see WM p. 753 f., Dieterich Untersuchungen, p. 183 f.

List of Word Forms

μακροθεν μακρόθεν makrothen makróthen