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Farther [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. comparative

2. More remote; more distant than something else.

3. Let me add a farther truth.

4. Longer; tending to a greater distance.

5. Before our farther way the fates allow.

Farther [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond. Let us rest with what we have, without looking farther

2. Moreover; by way of progression in a subject. farther let us consider the probable event.

Farther [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To promote; to advance; to help forward. [little used.]

Farther [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.

2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event.

Farther [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. More remote; more distant than something else.

2. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.

Farther [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To help onward. [R.] See Further.

Fartherance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A helping forward; promotion. [Not used.]

Fartherance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Furtherance.

Fartherer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter.

Farthermore [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Besides; moreover. [Little used.]

Farthermore [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Furthermore.

Farthermost [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Most remote; farthest.

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Job 38:11

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Jeremiah 40:4

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

Hosea 11:2

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

Matthew 26:39

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Mark 1:19

And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

Mark 10:1

And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

Mark 14:35

And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.

Luke 24:28

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.

Acts 27:28

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.