What does ἔτι · πόῤῥω · ἀπό mean in the Bible?
ἔτι · πόῤῥω · ἀπό is a Greek phrase meaning "while he is still far away".
Greek · G2089, G4206, G575
ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος
"Yet," still (of time or degree) · far (away) · away from
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ἔτι G2089 "yet," still (of time or degree)
Pronunciation éti
Marks incomplete action or state; emphasizes what remains pending or what continues into present.
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πόῤῥω G4206 far (away)
Pronunciation pórrhō
Distance suggesting separation or remoteness rather than merely spatial measurement
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ἀπό G575 away from
Pronunciation apó
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What does ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος (eti autou porrō ontos) mean in the Bible?
ἔτι · πόῤῥω · ἀπό is a Greek phrase meaning "while he is still far away".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2089, G4206, G575?
G2089, G4206, G575 is connected to 93 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. while he is still far away
Source Gloss
while he is still far away
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 93
Matt 5:13 · Matt 12:46 · Matt 17:5 · Matt 18:16 · Matt 19:20 · Matt 26:47 · Matt 26:65 · Matt 27:63 · Mark 5:35 · Mark 12:6 · Mark 14:43 · Mark 14:63 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 8:49 · Luke 9:42 · Luke 14:22 93×
Word Origins
ἔτι αὐτοῦ πόρρω ὄντος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain