What does μακράν (makrán) mean in the Bible?
μακράν (makrán) is a Greek word meaning "at a distance (literally or figuratively)".
Greek · G3112
μακράν
At a distance (literally or figuratively)
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μακράν G3112
Pronunciation makrán
What does μακράν (makrán) mean in the Bible?
μακράν (makrán) is a Greek word meaning "at a distance (literally or figuratively)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3112?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include far (3), far away (3), vvv (2), a distant (1), far off (1).
Where does μακράν (makrán) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Luke (3), Ephesians (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It far 3× Mark 12:34, John 21:8, Acts 17:27
far away 3× Acts 22:21, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:17
vvv 2× Luke 7:6, Luke 15:20
a distant 1× Luke 19:12
far off 1× Acts 2:39
In the distance 1× Matthew 8:30
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 8:30 μακρὰν to In the distance Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 12:34 μακρὰν to far Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 7:6 μακρὰν to vvv Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 15:20 μακρὰν to vvv Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 19:12 μακρὰν to a distant Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular John 21:8 μακρὰν to far Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 2:39 μακρὰν to far off Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 17:27 μακρὰν to far Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 22:21 μακρὰν to far away Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Ephesians 2:13 μακρὰν to far away Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:30
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 3 John 1 Acts 3 Ephesians 2
Source forms
μακρὰν 11x makran Matthew 8:30, Mark 12:34, Luke 7:6, Luke 15:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 11x Matthew 8:30, Mark 12:34, Luke 7:6, Luke 15:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. at a distance (literally or figuratively)
Strong's G3112
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
at a distance (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition
:--(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:30 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Mark 12:34 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Luke 7:6 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Luke 15:20 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse John 21:8 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Acts 17:27 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Acts 22:21 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Ephesians 2:13 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verse Ephesians 2:17 Adverb
μακρὰν makran
far away
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Mark 12:34 · Luke 7:6 · Luke 15:20 3×
Word Origins
μακράν is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain