μακρόθεν
makróthen · G3113 · Greek · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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far, at a distance, some distance away, far away
A position at a relatively great distance from another position
ExamplesMatthew 26:58 But Peter was following Him at a distance [μακρόθεν], as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and he came inside and sat down with the officers to see the outcome.
Matthew 27:55 And many women were there watching from a distance [μακρόθεν], who had followed Jesus from Galilee while caring for Him.
Mark 11:13 Seeing from a distance [μακρόθεν] a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
How it’s used In 1 role
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After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom 22
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In the other Testament 2 words
- רָחוֹק râchôwq · H7350 · far, distant, distance
- Hebrew רָחוֹק (râchôwq, H7350) denotes spatial distance ('far away') and temporal distance ('long ago'); Greek μακρόθεν (makróthen, G3113) is its spatial-distance equivalent in the LXX, consistently rendering the 'from afar/at a distance' sense in both literal physical contexts and metaphorical uses.
- מֶרְחָק merchâq · H4801 · far, distant
- מֶרְחָק (merchâq, H4801) מֶרְחָק and μακρόθεν (makróthen, G3113) μακρόθεν both denote spatial distance ('from afar/far away'), with μακρόθεν (makróthen, G3113) functioning as the standard Greek prepositional/adverbial rendering of מֶרְחָק (merchâq, H4801)'s Hebrew nominal/adjectival distance expressions in LXX translation contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Far, at a distance, some distance away, far away83.30
- This lexeme is a related adverbial form describing spatial distance, often used of someone watching or standing apart from an event. Luke 16:23 describes the rich man in Hades, who “raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms.”
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (μακρός), adverb, especially of later Greek (Polybius, others; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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