Luke 17:12:13Luke.17.12.W13TAB
πόρρωθεν
porrhothen
“from afar”
- Transliteration
- POR-rho-then
- Extended
- POHR-rhoh-thehn
- IPA
- /ˈpor.rʰo.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- from afar
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
POR-rho-then
- sentence
KAI ei-ser-kho-ME-nou au-TOU eis TI-na KÔ-mên a-PÊN-tê-san DE-ka le-PROI AN-dres hoi E-stê-san POR-rho-then
Exegesis
The relative clause hoi estesan {οἳ ἔστησαν | hoi és-tē-san} further describes these men, with the verb modified by the adverb porrothen {πόρρωθεν | pór-rō-then} to depict their standing “far off.” Syntactically, the Greek uses a relative clause where English can either retain a relative formulation (“who stood at a distance”) or separate into an additional clause. The translations preserve the temporal nuance of the genitive absolute and the spatial emphasis of porrothen while reshaping the clauses into smooth narrative English.
Root and etymology
porrospi–omicron–rho–rho–omicron–sigma
“far, distant”
In context — Luke 17:12
And as He was entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood at a distance.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 17:12, so the Greek word πόρρωθεν (porrhothen) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.17.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.12.W13.S1) and character.