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ἕως

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greekNew TestamentPreposition147 occurrences15 books138 verses

Definition

ἕως,

relative particle (Lat. donee, usque),

expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, §321ff.).

I. As conjunction;

1. till, until;

(a) of a fact in past time, with indic.: Matthew 2:9, al. (Wis.10.14, al.);

(b) ἕως ἄν, with subjc. aor.: Matthew 2:13; 5:18, Mark 6:10, al.; without ἄν (M. Pr., 168f.; Lft., Notes, 115), Mark 14:32 (Burton, §325), Luke 12:59, 2 Thessalonians 2:7, al.;

(with) with indic., present (Burton, §328; BL, §65, 10): Mark 6:45, John 21:22, 23, 1 Timothy 4:13.

2. C. indic., as long as, while (Burton, §327): John 9:4 (Plat., Phaedo, 89c).

II. As an adverb (chiefly in late writers).

1. Of time, until, unto;

(a) as prep. with genitive (BL, §40, 6; M, Pr., 99): τ. ἡμέρας, Matthew 26:29, Luke 1:80, Romans 11:8, al.; ὥρας, Matthew 27:45, al.; τέλους, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:13; τ. νῦν, Matthew 24:21, Mark 13:19 (1Ma.2.33); ἐτῶν ὀγ. (Field, Notes, 49f.), Luke 2:37; τ. ἐλθεῖν, Acts 8:40; before names and events, Matthew 1:17; 2:15, Luke 11:51, James 5:7, al.;

(b) before οὗ, ὅτου, with the force of a conjc. (Burton, §330; M, Pr., 91);

(α) ἕ. οὗ (Hdt., ii, 143; Plut., al.): with indic., Matthew 1:25 (WH br., οὗ) 13:33, al.; with subjc. aor., Matthew 14:22, al.;

(β) ἔ. ὅτου: with subjc., Luke 13:8; with indic., Matthew 5:25 (until), John 9:18;

(with) with adv. (ἔ. ὀψέ, Thuc, iii, 108): ἄρτι, Matthew 11:12, John 2:10, 1 Corinthians 4:13, al.; πότε (M, Pr., 107), Matthew 17:17, Mark 9:19, John 10:24, al.

2. Of place, as far as, even to, unto (Arist., al.);

(a) as prep. with genitive (see supr.): Mt 1123, Lk 1015, al.;

(b) with adv. (BL, §40, 6): ἄνω, John 2:7; ἔσω, Mark 14:54; κάτω, Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38; ὧδε, Luke 23:5;

(with) with prep.: ἔξω, Acts 21:5; πρός, Luke 24:50 (Field, Notes, 83).

3. Of quantity, measure, etc.: Matthew 18:21, Mark 6:23, Luke 22:51, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἕως:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

147 total
  1. John 16:24ἕως · Until
    Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
  2. John 21:22ἕως · until
    Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
  3. John 21:23ἕως · until
    Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
  4. Acts 1:8ἕως · to
    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
  5. Acts 1:22ἕως · until
    …beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
  6. Acts 2:35ἕως · until
    …until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
  7. Acts 7:45ἕως · [It remained] until
    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
  8. Acts 8:10ἕως · to
    …and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
  9. Acts 8:40ἕως · until
    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
  10. Acts 9:38ἕως · to
    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
  11. Acts 11:19ἕως
    Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
  12. Acts 11:22ἕως
    When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
  13. Acts 13:20ἕως · until the time
    All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
  14. Acts 13:47ἕως · to
    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  15. Acts 17:14ἕως
    The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
  16. Acts 17:15ἕως · to
    Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
  17. Acts 21:5ἕως
    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  18. Acts 21:26ἕως · [and]
    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
  19. Acts 23:12ἕως · until
    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
  20. Acts 23:14ἕως · until
    They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
  21. Acts 23:21ἕως · until
    Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
  22. Acts 23:23ἕως · to
    Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
  23. Acts 25:21ἕως · until
    But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
  24. Acts 26:11ἕως · [went]
    I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
  25. Acts 28:23ἕως · to
    So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
  26. Romans 3:12ἕως · even
    All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
  27. Romans 11:8ἕως · to
    …as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  28. 1 Corinthians 1:8ἕως · to
    He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  29. 1 Corinthians 4:5ἕως · [wait] until
    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  30. 1 Corinthians 4:13ἕως · Up to
    …when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
  31. 1 Corinthians 8:7ἕως
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  32. 1 Corinthians 15:6ἕως
    After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
  33. 1 Corinthians 16:8ἕως · until
    But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
  34. 2 Corinthians 1:13ἕως
    For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
  35. 2 Corinthians 3:15ἕως · to
    And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
  36. 2 Corinthians 12:2ἕως · to
    I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
  37. 2 Thessalonians 2:7ἕως · [will continue] until
    For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.
  38. 1 Timothy 4:13ἕως · Until
    Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
  39. Hebrews 1:13ἕως · until
    Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
  40. Hebrews 8:11ἕως · to
    No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
  41. Hebrews 10:13ἕως · for
    Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
  42. James 5:7ἕως · until; ἕως
    Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
  43. 2 Peter 1:19ἕως · until
    We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
  44. 1 John 2:9ἕως · still
    If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
  45. Revelation 6:10Ἕως · until
    And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
  46. Revelation 6:11ἕως · until
    Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.