Genesis 22:4
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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Afar
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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,
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μακρόθεν
makróthen · mak-roth'-en
9 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
from a distance or afar
Strong's KJV usage: :--afar off, from far.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 26:58Strong's last: Revelation 18:17
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râchôwq · raw-khoke'
2 times translated as this KJV form84 total Strong's occurrences
remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
Strong's KJV usage: (a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Strong's first: Job 36:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 30:10
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merchâq · mer-khawk'
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Strong's KJV usage: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also 1023.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 31:14Strong's last: Proverbs 31:14
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Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
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And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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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.
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
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So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
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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.
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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.
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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.
H7350
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
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He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
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Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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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:
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Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
H4801
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
English meaning and historical usage.
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afar
AF'AR, adverb [a and far. See Far.]
1. At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
2. In scripture, figuratively, estranged in affection; alienated.
My kinsmen stand afar off. Psalms 38:11.
3. Absent; not assisting.
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Psalms 10:1
4. Not of the visible church. Ephesians 2:17.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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