Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
porrō
Simplified transliteration
porro
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
adverb
Gloss
far, a long way off; (compar.) farther
Definition
in advance, far advanced; far, far off, at a distance, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6; Lk. 14:32, can be an improper prep. with the gen. The comparative form of the adverb appears as πορρώτερον at Lk. 24:28.*
Greek-English Concordance for πόρρω
| Matthew 15:8 |
‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far (porrō | πόρρω | adverb) from me. |
| Mark 7:6 |
And he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied accurately about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far (porrō | πόρρω | adverb) from me. |
| Luke 14:32 |
And if not, while he is yet a great (porrō | πόρρω | adverb) way off, he will send a delegation and ask for terms of peace. |
| Luke 24:28 |
When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as though he was going farther (porrōteron | πορρώτερον | adverb-comparative), |