Quick Definition
from a distance
Strong's Definition
from a distance or afar
Derivation: adverb from G3117 (μακρός);
KJV Usage: afar off, from far
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μακρόθεν (μακρός), adverb, especially of later Greek (Polybius, others; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 93); the Sept. for ξΕψΘηεχ, ψΘηεχ, etc.; from afar, afar: Mar_8:3; Mar_11:13; Luk_18:13; Luk_22:54; Luk_23:49; with the preposition ἀπό prefixed (cf. Winers Grammar, 422 (393); § 65, 2; Buttmann, 70 (62)): Mat_26:58 (here T omits; WH brackets ἀπό); ; Mar_5:6; Mar_14:54; Mar_15:40, Luk_16:23; Rev_18:10; Rev_18:15; Rev_18:17; also L T Tr WH in Mar_11:13; L T Tr marginal reading WH in Luk_23:49; T Tr WH in Mar_8:3 (Psa_137:6 (); 2Ki_19:25 manuscript Alex.; 2Es_3:13).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μακρόθεν makrothen 14x
far off, at a distance, from afar, from a distance, Mar_8:3 ; Mar_11:13 ;
preceded by ἀπό , in the same sense, Mat_26:58
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μακρόθεν
( < μακρός ),
adv. (chiefly late),
[in LXX for H7350 , H7368 , etc.;]
from afar, afar: Luk_18:13 ; Luk_22:54 ; ἀπὸ μ . ( Psa_138:6 , Ezr_3:13 , al .), Mat_26:58 ; Mat_27:55 , Mar_5:6 ; Mar_8:3 ; Mar_11:13 ; Mar_14:54 ; Mar_15:40 , Luk_16:23 ; Luk_23:49 , Rev_18:10 ; Rev_18:15 ; Rev_18:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μακρόθεν [page 386]
For this late Greek equivalent of πόρρωθεν (Blass Gr. , p. 59) cf. P Tebt I. 230 (late ii/B.C.) μα̣κρόθ̣εν . . . ἀπολ̣ύσαντες . On the pleonastic ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ( Mar_5:6 al. ) see WM p. 753 f., Dieterich Untersuchungen , p. 183 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μακρόθεν "from afar", Strab. ; of Time, "from long since", Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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