'Afar' in the Bible

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

and all his acquaintances stood afar off, and women who did follow him from Galilee, beholding these things.