What does πόῤῥω (pórrhō) mean in the Bible?
πόῤῥω (pórrhō): Distance suggesting separation or remoteness rather than merely spatial measurement
Greek · G4206
πόῤῥω
Far (away)
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πόῤῥωG4206
Pronunciationpórrhō
What does πόῤῥω (pórrhō) mean in the Bible?
πόῤῥω (pórrhō): Distance suggesting separation or remoteness rather than merely spatial measurement
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How does the BSB render G4206?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), far (1), far off (1), farther (1).
Where does πόῤῥω (pórrhō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .1×Matthew 15:8
far1×Mark 7:6
far off1×Luke 14:32
farther1×Luke 24:28
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First aligned rowMatthew 15:8
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Luke2
Source forms
πόρρω3xporrōMatthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Luke 14:32
πορρώτερον1xporrōteronLuke 24:28
Parsing patterns
Adverb4xMatthew 15:8, Mark 7:6, Luke 14:32, Luke 24:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Distance suggesting separation or remoteness rather than merely spatial measurement
Strong'sG4206
Lexical occurrences0 versesGreek text appearances4 timesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 14:32Source Gloss
far (away)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:8Adverb
πόρρωporrw
far, far off
Read verseMark 7:6Adverb
πόρρωporrw
far, far off
Read verseLuke 14:32Adverb
πόρρωporrw
far, far off
Read verseLuke 24:28Adverb
πορρωτέρωporrwterw
far, far off
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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Biblical Witnesses
spatial distance, describing an army approaching from a considerable distance away
Word Origins
πόῤῥω is built from this root:
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