makrothen marks someone or something as positioned at a distance, whether seen, standing, following, or coming from far away.

The adverb consistently marks spatial separation: people or objects are seen from a distance, observers and followers remain apart, and some travelers are described as having come from far away. The same distance relation appears in scenes of watching, following, standing back, and approaching.

1. Spatial distance from a person, place, or object · dominant

   The adverb locates a person or object at a distance in varied clauses: in Mark 5:6 the APB renders Jesus as seen "from afar" before the man runs toward him, while in Luke 22:54 Peter is rendered as following "at a distance." In Luke 23:49 and Revelation 18:10, those watching or standing remain apart from what they observe; Mark 8:3 applies the same distance relation to people who have come from a distance.

   Mark 5:6Luke 22:54Luke 23:49Revelation 18:10Mark 8:3Mark 11:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the distance relation with "from afar" or "at a distance," including scenes of seeing, following, watching, and standing. In Mark 8:3 it instead says that some "have come from a distance"; these are translation renderings rather than word-by-word alignment.