μέχρι mechri · G3360
until
μέχρι; (bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.12:4; see Bl., § 5, 4) ; 1. as prep., with genitive, as far as, even to, until; (a) of place: Rom.15:19; (b) of time : Mat.11:23 13:30 28:15, Luk.16:16, Act.10:30 20:7, Rom.5:14, 1Ti.6:14, Heb.3:6, 14 9:10; (with) of measure or degree : Php.2:8, 30, 2Ti.2:9, Heb.12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma.13:14). ; 2. As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph.4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI., § 65, 10), Mrk.13:30, Gal.4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv.; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μέχρῐ, ; and μέχρῐς, adverb as far as, so used chiefly in Prose and before a preposition, μέχρι πρός.. []; μ. ὅποι.. []; μ. ὅπου.. []; μ. νῦν (variant{τοῦ νῦν}) []; μέχρι πότε χηρεύομε; []; II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as, ; II.1 of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης []: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. []; II.2 of Time, τέο μέχρι; i.e. τίνος μέχρι χρόνο; how long? []; μέχρις τε; []; μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου, []; μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν.. [] up to my time, []; μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end …
Where it's used 18 times
Matthew 11:23 · Matthew 28:15 · Mark 13:30 · Luke 16:16 · Acts 10:30 · Acts 20:7 · Romans 5:14 · Romans 15:19 · Galatians 4:19 · Ephesians 4:13 · Philippians 2:8 · Philippians 2:30 · 1 Timothy 6:14 · 2 Timothy 2:9 · Hebrews 3:6 · Hebrews 3:14 · Hebrews 9:10 · Hebrews 12:4
Source: TBESG G3360; TFLSJ G3360
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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