Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.Greek 3113. makrothen -- from afar, afar ... from afar, afar. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: makrothen Phonetic Spelling: (mak-roth'-en) Short Definition: from a distance Definition: from a (long ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3113.htm - 6k 4207. porrothen -- from afar 1538. hekastos -- each, every 5081. telaugos -- at a distance clearly Strong's Hebrew 4801. merchaq -- distant place, distance... 4800, 4801. merchaq. 4802 . distant place, distance. Transliteration: merchaq Phonetic Spelling: (mer-khawk') Short Definition: afar. ... very far country, afar ... /hebrew/4801.htm - 6k 7350. rachoq -- distant, far, a distance 5704. ad -- as far as, even to, up to, until, while 5264. nasas -- perhaps to be high or conspicuous 5329. natsach -- preeminent or enduring Library A Voice from Afar Afar Upon a Foreign Shore Lord, I have Strayed Afar February the Ninteenth the Thought Afar Off M. Jones Very. God not Afar Off. Of the Women who were Standing There, and of the Question Whether ... And Also a Certain Woman, Veronica by Name, from Afar Off Cried ... And Thy Faithful Mercy Hovered Over Me Afar. ... On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xviii. 1,"They Ought Always to ... Psalm CXXXIX. Thesaurus Afar (98 Occurrences)... (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. ... /a/afar.htm - 36k Beholding (45 Occurrences) Distant (56 Occurrences) Understandest (10 Occurrences) Watching (111 Occurrences) Moriah (2 Occurrences) Islands (32 Occurrences) Women (328 Occurrences) Palace (194 Occurrences) Within (400 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Afar (98 Occurrences)Matthew 8:30 Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. Matthew 26:58 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 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. Mark 5:6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him, Mark 11:13 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. Mark 14:54 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 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: Luke 18:13 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 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. Luke 23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. Acts 22:21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off. Ephesians 2:13 but now in Christ Jesus ye who once were afar off are become nigh by the blood of the Christ. Ephesians 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Revelation 18:10 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 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 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, Revelation 18:18 stood afar off, and cried aloud when they saw the smoke of her burning. And they said, 'What city is like this great city?' Genesis 21:16 And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth. Genesis 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. Genesis 37:18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. Exodus 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. Exodus 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. Exodus 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. Numbers 2:2 The children of Israel shall encamp every one by his standard, with the ensign of their father's house; round about the tent of meeting, afar off, opposite to it shall they encamp. Numbers 9:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. Numbers 16:37 Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning; and scatter the fire afar; for they are hallowed, Numbers 24:6 As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters. Deuteronomy 28:49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not; Deuteronomy 29:22 And the latter generation of your sons who rise after you, and the stranger who cometh in from a land afar off, have said when they have seen the strokes of that land, and its sicknesses which Jehovah hath sent into it, -- Deuteronomy 32:26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men; Deuteronomy 32:52 For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel. 1 Samuel 26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them; 2 Samuel 7:19 And yet this 'is' little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this 'is' the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah. 1 Kings 8:41 And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for Thy name's sake -- 2 Kings 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. 2 Kings 4:25 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite. 2 Kings 19:25 Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps 'are' fenced cities, 2 Kings 20:14 And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, 'What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, 'From a land afar off they have come -- from Babylon.' 1 Chronicles 17:17 And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Jehovah God! 2 Chronicles 6:32 And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house: 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong. Ezra 3:13 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 They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. Job 28:4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. Job 36:3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Job 36:25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. Job 39:25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts,'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. Job 39:29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. Psalms 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? Psalms 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. Psalms 55:7 Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah; Psalms 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: Psalms 138:6 For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar. Psalms 139:2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. Proverbs 27:10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better 'is' a near neighbour than a brother afar off. Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar. Isaiah 5:26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly and lightly. Isaiah 10:3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth? Isaiah 13:5 They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land. Isaiah 17:13 Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane. Isaiah 22:3 All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off. Isaiah 23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Isaiah 33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar. Isaiah 37:26 Hast thou not heard from afar? -- it I did, From days of old -- that I formed it. Now, I have brought it in, And it is to make desolate, Ruinous heaps -- fenced cities, Isaiah 39:3 And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, 'What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, 'From a land afar off they have come unto me -- from Babylon.' Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth, Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Isaiah 49:12 Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Isaiah 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol. Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him. Isaiah 59:14 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter. Isaiah 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side. Isaiah 60:9 For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee. Isaiah 66:19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. Jeremiah 4:16 Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice. Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say. Jeremiah 6:20 Why 'is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings 'are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me. Jeremiah 8:19 Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner? Jeremiah 18:14 Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up? Jeremiah 23:23 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off? Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Jeremiah 31:3 Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock. Jeremiah 46:27 But don't you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Jeremiah 51:50 You who have escaped the sword, go, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Ezekiel 11:16 it 'is' ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in. Ezekiel 23:40 And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment. Micah 4:3 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. Subtopics Related Terms Understandest (10 Occurrences) Over-against (156 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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