adverb
porrō
Greekπόρρω (porrō)
Strong’sG4206
far, far off
stem porrō-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
πόρρω,
adv.(in older Attic, πρόσω), [in LXX for רָחוֹק, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4206 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpor'-rho
forwards, i.e. at a distance
Fromadverb from G4253;
King Jamesfar, a great way off.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
porrō3×
Matthew 15:8“far”Tos laos houtos tei cheilei min timatō, tas de kardias autoiu porrō apechatō apo mu;‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Mark 7:6“far”tos de legata autoi; Kalōs profēteuata Ēsaios peri vu toiu hupokritoiu, hōs grafitē hoti Houtos tos laos tei cheilei min timatō, tas de kardias autoiu porrō apechatō apo mu;Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Luke 14:32“far away”ei de mēge, ēti autou porrō arōtou presbeian apostelaratos erōtatō teim pros eirēnan.And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.