adverb
porrōthen
Greekπόρρωθεν (porrōthen)
Strong’sG4207
from afar, far off
stem porrōthen-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
πόρρωθεν,
adv.(< τόρρω, q.v.), [in LXX for מֵרָחוֹק and cogn. forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4207 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpor'-rho-then
from far, or (by implication) at a distance, i.e. distantly
Fromfrom G4206 with adverbial enclitic of source;
King Jamesafar 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
porrōthen2×
Luke 17:12“at a distance”kai eisercherōtou autou eis tinan kōman apantala deka leprois anērois, hois histanala porrōthen,As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
Hebrews 11:13“from a distance”Kata pistian apothnēskala houtois pantois, mē lambaratois tain epangeliain, alla porrōthen autain horaratois kai aspazeratois, kai homologaratois hoti xenois kai parepidēmois alō epi tau gēau.All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.