'Afar' in the Bible

On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:

Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.

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 the Shunammite:

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.

And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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 robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

As oft as the trumpet'soundeth he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.

Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

Is this your joyous city , whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or'shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd doth his flock.

But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

But Peter followed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest, and entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end.

And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs.

And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire .

And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

And they seized him, and led him away , and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off.

And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,