Lexical Definition

‎πόῤῥω‎ pórrhō (por'-rho) far (away) ^G:ADV
adverb from ‎πρό‎

far, a great way off.

• forwards, i.e. at a distance

Abbott-Smith

πόρρω, adv. (in older Attic, πρόσω), [in LXX for רָחוֹק, etc.;]
far off: Mt 15:8, Mk 7:6(LXX), Lk 14:32; comparat., πορρώτερον (-ρω, T), Lk 24:28.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: πόρρω,

Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Trag. (but falsa lectio for{πρὸ ἕω} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry πρόσσω; also πόρσω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later Attic dialect πόρρω [πόρρω">Refs 5th c.BC+] should be restored in [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Regul. _comparative_ and _superlative_ προσωτέρω, πορρωτέρω, προσωτάτω, πορρωτάτω, see at {προσωτέρω}: poetry comparative πόρσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πόρσιστα [Refs]. adverb: (πρό).

__A absolutely:
__I of Place, generally with a notion of motion, forwards, onwards, π. ἄγειν, φέρειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵπποι πρόσσω μεμαυῖαι[πόρρω ἵεσθε 12.274, etc.; π. πᾶς πέτεται 16.265 ">Refs]; π. κατέκυψε[Refs]; π. τετραμμένος αἰεί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραγγεῖλαι, πέμψαι π., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βῆναι, ἕρπειν π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν speak no further, [πόρρω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.30, compare 9.57 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἰέναι τοῦ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of Distance, far off, παπταίνειν τὰ πόρσω [πόρρω δ᾽ ἀποστατῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 65; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων, πόρρω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω λεύσσειν to see at a distance, [πόρρω βεβηκώς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 596; ἡ δέ γ᾽ Εὔβοια.. παρατέταται μακρὰ πόρρω πάνυ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 212; εἴτ᾽ ἐγγύς, εἴτε πόρρω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e; πόρρω που ἐκτὸς ὄντι [prev. author] “R.” 499c, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω ποιεῖν τι leave at a distance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σκέλη κινεῖν ταχὺ καὶ π., of a runner, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 too far, καὶ νῦν ἴσως πόρρω ἀποτενοῦμεν [τὸν λόγον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 in front, τὰ π. μέρη [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III of Time, forward, πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω, see at {ὀπίσω} 11; χρόνος.. ἰὼν πόρσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of continuance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; hereafter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβάλλομαι ὡς πόρσιστα as late as possible, [Refs]; ἤδη πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας οὔσης far spent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μέχρι πόρρω till late, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B with genitive:
__B.I of Place, further into, π. τοῦ ποταμοῦ προβαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] will go far in wickedness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀρετῆς ἀνήκειν to have reached a high point of virtue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τέχνης a past master, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with Article, προβήσομαι ἐς τὸ π. τοῦ λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ π. μεγάθεος τιμῶνται are honoured to a high point of greatness, i.e. very greatly, [Refs]
__B.II of Distance, far from, οὐ π. τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω τέχνης,= οὐκ ἀπὸ τέχνης, i. e. φύσει, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω που τῶν ἐμαυτῷ πεπολιτευμένων far below them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σαρκός very far (i. e. different) from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὕτω πόρρω εἶ περὶ τοῦ δικαίου so far out in your notions of right, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III of Time, ὡς πόρρω ἦν τῆς νυκτός far into the night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 οὐ π. ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων not longer than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]