KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: At or from a great distance. Sense 2: Figuratively, remote, estranged, or absent.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 22:4
Complete exact-word concordance
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And in hell he lift vp his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afarre off, and Lazarus in his bosome:
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
And as he entred into a certaine village, there met him tenne men that were lepers, which stood afarre off.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
And the Publicane standing afarre off, would not lift vp so much as his eyes vnto heauen: but smote vpon his breast, saying, God me mercifull to mee a sinner.
¶ Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
¶ Then tooke they him, and led him, and brought him into the high Priests house, and Peter followed afarre off.
1611 marginal noteMat. 26.57.
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood a farre off, beholding these things.
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Historical English dictionary sources
At a distance in place; to or from a distance. In Scripture, figuratively, estranged in affection; alienated. Absent; not assisting.
