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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πόρρω
Greek transliteration: 
porrō
Simplified transliteration: 
porro
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4206
GK Number: 
4522
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),