Quick Definition
far, far off
Strong's Definition
forwards, i.e. at a distance
Derivation: adverb from G4253 (πρό);
KJV Usage: far, a great way off
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πόρρω ((allied with πρό, Curtius, § 380)), adverb (from Plato, Xenophon down),far, at a distance, a great way off: Mat_15:8; Mar_7:6; Luk_14:32 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2 a.; Buttmann, § 129, 11); comparitive πορρωτέρω, in L Tr WH πορρώτερον ((Polybius, others)),further: Luk_24:28.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πόρρω porrō 4x
in advance, far advanced; far, far off, at a distance, Mat_15:8 ; Mar_7:6 ; Luk_14:32 , can be an improper prep. with the gen. The comparative form of the adverb appears as πορρώτερον at Luk_24:28 .
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πόρρω ,
adv.
(in older Attic , πρόσω ),
[in LXX for H7350 , etc.;]
far off: Mat_15:8 , Mar_7:6 ( LXX ), Luk_14:32 ; comparat., πορρώτερον (-ρω , T ), Luk_24:28 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πόρρω [page 529]
far off. This later Attic form is used in the LXX and NT for the older πρόσω (πόρσω ) : cf. also Aristeas 31. For πορρωτέρω see Thumb Hellen. p. 77.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πόρρω
adv. (in older Attic, πρόσω), [in LXX for רָחוֹק, etc. ;]
far off: Mat.15:8, Mrk.7:6" (LXX), Luk.14:32; comparat., πορρώτερον (-ρω, T), Luk.24:28.†
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