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Notes: It is possible that πόρρωθεν[b] differs in meaning from πόρρω in emphasizing the degree of separation, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: πρωτεύω

Sense 1: far ahead of time, long before

Semantic entry: 67.46

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: from a point of time considerably prior to another point of time

Notes: It is also possible to interpret πόρρωθεν in RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13 as meaning ‘from afar’ or ‘from a great distance’ (see 83.31: πόρρω / 83.31: πόρρωθεν).

HEB 11:13: RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13

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OET-RV HEB 11:13

13 All of those people went on to die, not having received everything that was promised but only seeing and welcoming it all from a distance, having admitted that they were strangers and foreigners here on the earth.

OET-LV HEB 11:13

13 In faith died _off these all, not having _accepted the promises, but from _afar them having _seen, and having _greeted, and having _confessed, that strangers and aliens they _are on the earth.

Sense 2: far away, at a distance, a long way off

Semantic entry: 83.31

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: At, Beside, Near, Far

Definition: a position at a relatively great distance, with the possible implication of comparison{N:001}

Notes: In RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13 πόρρωθεν may be interpreted as time (see 67.46: πόρρωθεν), but it is perhaps more satisfactorily interpreted as implying some visionary experience and hence a matter of space.

LUK 17:12: RV LUK 17:12 · LV LUK 17:12 · Read together LUK 17:12

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OET-RV LUK 17:12

12 In one village, they came across ten men with leprosy, who stood back at a distance

OET-LV LUK 17:12

12 And on _coming _in of _him into a_certain village, met ten leprous men, who stood from _afar.

HEB 11:13: RV HEB 11:13 · LV HEB 11:13 · Read together HEB 11:13

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OET-RV HEB 11:13

OET-LV HEB 11:13

13 In faith died _off these all, not having _accepted the promises, but from _afar them having _seen, and having _greeted, and having _confessed, that strangers and aliens they _are on the earth.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πόρρωθεν

Form 1

Sense 1: far ahead of time, long before

Sense 2: far away, at a distance, a long way off