Afar
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Afar - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
AF'AR, adv. [a and far. See Far.]
1. At a distance in place; to or from a distance; used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
2. In scripture, figuratively, estranged in affection; alienated.
My kinsmen stand afar off. Psa 38.
3. Absent; not assisting.
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Psa 10
4. Not of the visible church. Eph 2.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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