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Strong's G3113 μακρόθεν (makrothen)

Makrothen means “afar off” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3113 — yoyaqim (“Jojakim”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3113
Language Greek
Linked Usages 51
Books 25

Strong's G3113 Quick Answer

Strong's G3113 μακρόθεν (makrothen) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. makrothen (mak-roth'-en) adv. 1. from a distance or afar [adverb from G3117] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include afar and far. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
makrothen (mak-roth'-en) adv. 1. from a distance or afar [adverb from G3117]
Usage
51 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
afar and far

Meaning and Definition

makrothen (mak-roth'-en) adv. 1. from a distance or afar [adverb from G3117] KJV: afar off, from far Root(s): G3117

Original Word
μακρόθεν
Transliteration
makrothen
Derivation
Root: μακρός R1: 3117
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3113. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

from afar

Usage: μακρόθεν (μακρός), adv. (chiefly late), [in LXX for רָחוֹק, רָחַק, etc. ;] from afar, afar: Luk.18:13 22:54; ἀπὸ μ. (Psa.138:6, Est.3:13, al.), Mat.26:58 27:55, Mrk.5:6 8:3 11:13 14:54 15:40, Luk.16:23 23:49, Rev.18:10, 15 18:17.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3113 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render makrothen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

afar Matthew 26:58 13× far Mark 8:3

How Strong's G3113 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3113 (μακρόθεν) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3113 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3113 in the New Testament

14 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 26:58 KJV

But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

Matthew 27:55 KJV

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

Mark 5:6 KJV

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

Strong's G3113 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 21:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

Genesis 22:4 Septuagint / Brenton

on the third day; and Abraham having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.

Genesis 37:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

Strong's G3113 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 5:62 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.

Judith 13:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Judith afar off to the watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God, even our God, is with us, to show his power yet in Israel, and his strength against the enemy, as he hath even done this day.

Tobit 13:13 Septuagint / Brenton

Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.

Strong's G3113 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 32:3 Septuagint / Brenton

I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.

Usage Excerpts

First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3113.

Genesis 21:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.
Genesis 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on the third day; and Abraham having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.
Genesis 37:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.
Exodus 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.
Exodus 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,
Exodus 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.
Exodus 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.
Deuteronomy 28:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;
Deuteronomy 29:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.
Joshua 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
Joshua 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
1 Kingdoms 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, and there was a good distance between them.
4 Kingdoms 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went also, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on the bank of Jordan.
2 Chronicles 6:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every stranger who is not himself of thy people Israel, and who shall have come from a distant land because of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm; when they shall come and worship toward this place—
Ezra 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Nehemiah 12:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
Psalms 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?
Psalms 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; And my nearest of kin stood afar off.
Psalms 137:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; And he knows high things from afar off.
Psalms 138:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising: Thou understandest my thoughts long before.
Proverbs 31:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She is like a ship trading from a distance: So she procures her livelihood.
Proverbs 32:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 60:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold thy children gathered: all thy sons have come from far, and thy daughters shall be borne on men’s shoulders.
Isaiah 60:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tarshish among the first, to bring thy children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and that for the sake of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified.
Jeremiah 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remind ye the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim it in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Sheba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.
Jeremiah 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, there is a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Zion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven images, and with strange vanities.
Jeremiah 26:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But fear not thou, my servant Jacob, neither be thou alarmed, Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.
Jeremiah 28:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Ezekiel 23:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately thou didst wash thyself, and didst paint thine eyes and adorn thyself with ornaments,
Habakkuk 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hastening to eat.
Matthew 26:58 New Testament, KJV
But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
Matthew 27:55 New Testament, KJV
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
Mark 5:6 New Testament, KJV
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
Mark 8:3 New Testament, KJV
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Mark 11:13 New Testament, KJV
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mark 14:54 New Testament, KJV
And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Mark 15:40 New Testament, KJV
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Luke 16:23 New Testament, KJV
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 18:13 New Testament, KJV
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 22:54 New Testament, KJV
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Luke 23:49 New Testament, KJV
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Revelation 18:10 New Testament, KJV
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation 18:15 New Testament, KJV
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Revelation 18:17 New Testament, KJV
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
1 Esdras 5:62 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
Judith 13:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Judith afar off to the watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God, even our God, is with us, to show his power yet in Israel, and his strength against the enemy, as he hath even done this day.
Tobit 13:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
An eloquent man is known far and near; But a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.
Baruch 4:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child,
1 Enoch 32:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3113, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 5 usages, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3113 FAQ

What does makrothen (μακρόθεν) mean?

Makrothen (Strong's G3113) is a Greek word most simply glossed "afar off". makrothen (mak-roth'-en) adv. 1. from a distance or afar [adverb from G3117]

How many times is makrothen (μακρόθεν) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's G3113 across 25 books.

Where can I study makrothen (μακρόθεν) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3113 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate makrothen (μακρόθεν)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as afar and far. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3113 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3113, with linked reader references where each row is available.