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adverb

makran

Greekμακράν (makran)

Strong’sG3112

far away

stem makran-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

far2×long way off1×

What it means

μακράν (prop. fem. acc. of μακρός, sc. ὁδόν), adv.,

[in LXX for רחק hi., רָחֹק, etc.;]

a long way, far: Lk 15:20, Ac 22:21; seq. ἀπό, Mt 8:30, Lk 7:6, Jo 21:8, Ac 17:27; id. metaph., Mk 12:34; οἱ εἰς μ., Ac 2:39 (cf. Is 2:2); metaph., οἱ ποτὲ ὄντες μ. (opp. to ἐγγύς), Eph 2:13; οἱ μ., Eph 2:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3112 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmak-ran'

at a distance (literally or figuratively)

Fromfeminine accusative case singular of G3117 (G3598 being implied);

King James(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

makran3×

Mark 12:34“far”kai tos Iēsus horaratos auton hoti nounechōs apokrinita legata auto; Ouk makran asō apo tau basileiau tou theou. kai oudenos ouketi tolmate auton eperōtara.When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

Luke 7:6“far”tos de Iēsus poreuete sun autoi. ēdē de autou ouk makran apecharōtou apo tau oikiau pempata filoin tos hekatontarchēos legarōtos auto; Kurior, mē skullisōr, ouk gar hikanos amō hina hupo tan stegan mu eiserchaseia;So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

Luke 15:20“long way off”kai anistanaratos erchata pros ton patēron heautou. ēti de autou makran apecharōtou horata auton tos patēros autou kai splanchnizita kai trecharatos epipiptata epi ton trachēlon autou kai katafilata auton.So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.