Porro marks distance, whether an approaching party remains distant or a heart is described as distant from someone.

The attested use marks separation by distance: most often in the statement that a people's heart is distant from the speaker, and once of another party remaining at a distance before a delegation is sent.

1. Distance in relational language · dominant

   In Mark 7:6 and Matthew 15:8, the adverb occurs in the contrast between honoring with lips and having a heart distant from the speaker; the APB renders the clauses "their heart is far from me" and "their heart is far away from me."

   Mark 7:6Matthew 15:8
2. Distance before an approach · occasional

   In Luke 14:32, the adverb describes the other party as still at a distance when a delegation is sent to ask for peace; the APB renders the clause "while the other is still far away."

   Luke 14:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "far from me" and "far away from me" in the heart clauses, and "still far away" for the other party in Luke 14:32. These renderings confirm the clauses' distance language rather than establish separate meanings.