ἔσχατος eschatos · G2078
last/least
ἔσχατος, -η, -ον ; [in LXX chiefly for אַחֲרִית אַחֲרוֹן ; ] ; last, utmost, extreme; (a) of place: of the lowest or least honoured place, Luk.14:9-10; τ. ἔσχατον, with genitive part., Act.1:8 13:47; (b) of time: Mat.20:12, 14, Mrk.12:6, 22, opposite to πρῶτος, Mat.20:8, 1Co.15:45, Rev.2:19, al.; τὰ ἔ. καὶ T. πρῶτα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; of the Eternal, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔ., Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; in phrases relating to the Messianic age and the consummation of the Kingdom of God: ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου (-ων) τ. ἡμερῶν, Heb.1:2, 2Pe.3:3; τ. χρόνων, 1Pe.1:20; ἔ. ὥρα, 1Jn.2:18; ἐπ᾽ ἐ. χόνου, Ju 18; ἐν ἐ. ἡμέραις, Act.2:17, Jas.5:3, 2Ti.3:1; neut., ἔσχατον, as adv., Mrk.12:22, 1Co.15:8; (with) of …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἔσχᾰτος, η, ον, ; also ος, ον [(probably from ἐκ, ἐξ, perhaps eĝhzκατος (compare ἐχθός) like{ἔγ-κατα}): ; I of Space, as always in [], farthest, uttermost, extreme, θάλαμος ἔ. the hindmost chamber, []at the end of the lines, []; ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν, of the Aethiopians, []; τάξις ἐ. the farthest part of the army, []; ἐξ ἐσχάτων ἐς ἔσχατα ἀπικέσθαι from end to end, []:—in various senses, uppermost, ἐ. πυρά []; lowest, deepest, ἀΐδας []; innermost, σάρκες []; last, hindmost, ἤλαυνε δ᾽ ἔ. []; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ …
Where it's used 54 times
Matthew 5:26 · Matthew 12:45 · Matthew 19:30 · Matthew 20:8 · Matthew 20:12 · Matthew 20:14 · Matthew 20:16 · Matthew 27:64 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:31 · Mark 12:6 · Mark 12:22 · Luke 11:26 · Luke 12:59 · Luke 13:30 · Luke 14:9 · Luke 14:10 · John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 · John 7:37 · John 8:9 · John 11:24 · John 12:48 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 2:17 · Acts 13:47 · 1 Corinthians 4:9 · 1 Corinthians 15:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:26 · 1 Corinthians 15:45 · 1 Corinthians 15:52 · 2 Timothy 3:1 · Hebrews 1:2 · James 5:3 · 1 Peter 1:5 · 1 Peter 1:20 · 2 Peter 2:20 · 2 Peter 3:3 · 1 John 2:18 · Jude 1:18 · Revelation 1:11 · Revelation 1:17 · Revelation 2:8 · Revelation 2:19 · Revelation 15:1 · Revelation 21:9 · Revelation 22:13 … and 5 more
Source: TBESG G2078; TFLSJ G2078
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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