What does μακρόθεν (makróthen) mean in the Bible?
μακρόθεν (makróthen): Spatial separation emphasizing distance; often signals emotional remoteness or reluctant observation in narrative contexts.
Greek · G3113
μακρόθεν
From a distance or afar
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μακρόθεν G3113
Pronunciation makróthen
What does μακρόθεν (makróthen) mean in the Bible?
μακρόθεν (makróthen): Spatial separation emphasizing distance; often signals emotional remoteness or reluctant observation in narrative contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3113?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a distance (8), at a distance (3), a great distance (1), afar (1), the distance (1).
Where does μακρόθεν (makróthen) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (5), Luke (4), Revelation (3), Matthew (2).
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 a distance 8× Matthew 26:58, Matthew 27:55, Mark 5:6, Mark 14:54
at a distance 3× Luke 18:13, Luke 22:54, Luke 23:49
a great distance 1× Mark 8:3
afar 1× Luke 16:23
the distance 1× Mark 11:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:58 μακρόθεν to a distance Adverb Matthew 27:55 μακρόθεν to a distance Adverb Mark 5:6 μακρόθεν to a distance Adverb Mark 8:3 μακρόθεν to a great distance Adverb Mark 11:13 μακρόθεν to the distance Adverb Mark 14:54 μακρόθεν to a distance Adverb Mark 15:40 μακρόθεν to a distance Adverb Luke 16:23 μακρόθεν to afar Adverb Luke 18:13 μακρόθεν to at a distance Adverb Luke 22:54 μακρόθεν to at a distance Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:58
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 5 Luke 4 Revelation 3
Source forms
μακρόθεν 14x makrothen Matthew 26:58, Matthew 27:55, Mark 5:6, Mark 8:3
Parsing patterns
Adverb 14x Matthew 26:58, Matthew 27:55, Mark 5:6, Mark 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spatial separation emphasizing distance; often signals emotional remoteness or reluctant observation in narrative contexts.
Strong's G3113
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Greek text appearances 14 times Word forms 1 form 14 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 22:54–62 Source Gloss
from a distance or afar
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Spatial separation emphasizing distance; often signals emotional remoteness or reluctant observation in narrative contexts.
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
14 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:58 Adverb
μακρόθεν, makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Matthew 27:55 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Mark 5:6 Adverb
μακρόθεν, makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Mark 8:3 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Mark 11:13 Adverb
μακρόθεν, makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Mark 14:54 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Mark 15:40 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Luke 16:23 Adverb
μακρόθεν, makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Luke 18:13 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Luke 22:54 Adverb
μακρόθεν. makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Luke 23:49 Adverb
μακρόθεν, makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Revelation 18:10 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Revelation 18:15 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
Read verse Revelation 18:17 Adverb
μακρόθεν makroqen
from a distance
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 14
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 26:58 · Matt 27:55 · Mark 5:6 · Mark 8:3 · Mark 11:13 · Mark 14:54 · Mark 15:40 · Luke 16:23 · Luke 18:13 · Luke 22:54 · Luke 23:49 · Rev 18:10 · Rev 18:15 · Rev 18:17 14×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
from afar
Showing 1 selected witness from 14 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μακρόθεν is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates spiritual distancing preceding denial. Luke 22:54–62
Part of These Phrases
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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