Quick Definition
μακρόθεν Adv from a distance
Strong's Definition
adverb from 3117; from a distance or afar
KJV Usage: afar off, from far
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | μηκύνομαι
83.30 · Spacial Positions · At, Beside, Near, Far
far, at a distance, some distance away, far away a position at a relatively great distance from another position
MAT 26:58 · MAT 27:55 · MRK 5:6 · MRK 8:3 · MRK 11:13 · MRK 14:54 · MRK 15:40 · LUK 16:23 · LUK 18:13 · LUK 22:54 · LUK 23:49 · REV 18:10 · REV 18:15 · REV 18:17
1 μακρόθεν may differ somewhat from μακράν in emphasizing the separation of one location from another, but such a distinction is not always borne out in the various contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μακρόθεν, (μακρός), adv., esp. of later Grk. [Polyb., al.; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 93]; Sept. for pint, Pin, ete.; from afar, afar: Mk. viii. 3; xi. 13; Lk. xviii. 13; xxii. 54; xxiii. 49; oo the prep. ἀπό prefixed (cf. W. 422 (393); § 65,2; B. 70 (62)): Mt. xxvi. 58 [here Tom. WH br. ἀπό]; xxvii. 55; Mk. v. 6; xiv. 54; xv. 40; Lk. xvi. 23; Rev. xviii. 10, 15,17; also LT Tr WH in Mk. xi. 13; LT Trmrg. WH in Lk. xxiii. 49; T Tr WH in Mk. viii. 3, (Ps. exxxvii. (exxxviii.) 6; 2 K. xix. 25 cod. Alex. ; 2 Esdr. iii. 13).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μακρόθεν makrothen 14x
far off, at a distance, from afar, from a distance, Mk. 8:3; 11:13; preceded by ἀπό, in the same sense, Mt. 26:58
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μακρόθεν
(< μακρός),
adv. (chiefly late),
[in LXX for רָחוֹק, מֵרָחוֹק, etc.;]
from afar, afar: Lk 18:13 22:54; ἀπὸ μ. (Ps 137 (138):6, II Es 3:13, al.), Mt 26:58 27:55, Mk 5:6 8:3 11:13 14:54 15:40, Lk 16:23 23:49, Re 18:10, 15, 17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μακρόθεν. For this late Greek equivalent of πόρρωθεν (Blass Gr., | p- 59) cf. P Tebt I. 230 (late ii/B.c.) paxpdQev ἀπολύσαντες. On the pleonastic ἀπὸ μακρόθεν (Mk 5° a/.) see WM p. 753f., Dieterich Untersuchungen, p. 183 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μακρόθεν (makrothen) — from afar. μάκρο-θεν, adverb from afar, [NT+3rd c.BC+]; of Time, from long since, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]