What does ἔσχατος · ὥρα mean in the Bible?
ἔσχατος · ὥρα is a Greek phrase meaning "farthest, final (of place or time)".
Greek · G2078, G5610
ἔσχατος
Farthest, final (of place or time) · an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
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ἔσχατος G2078 farthest, final (of place or time)
Pronunciation éschatos
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ὥρα G5610 an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation hṓra
Definite point in time carrying theological weight; God's predetermined moment for decisive action or revelation.
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What does ἔσχατος (éschatos) mean in the Bible?
ἔσχατος · ὥρα is a Greek phrase meaning "farthest, final (of place or time)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2078, G5610?
G2078, G5610 is connected to 52 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek phrase. farthest, final (of place or time)
Strong's G2078, G5610
Lexical occurrences 52 verses Word forms 10 forms 52 references Study link 2 Timothy 3:1-9 Source Gloss
farthest, final (of place or time)
Extended definition
:--ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 52 Case pattern Nominative (21) Number pattern Singular (22)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 20:16 · Mark 10:31 · Luke 13:30 9×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:35 · 1 Cor 15:26 · 1 Cor 15:45 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 22:13 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · 2 Pet 2:20 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · 1 John 2:18 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 1:8 · Acts 13:47 · Heb 1:2 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:20 · Jude 1:18 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 3:3 · Rev 21:9 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:8 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 · John 7:37 · John 11:24 · John 12:48 · 1 Cor 15:52 8×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:17 · 2 Tim 3:1 · Jas 5:3 3×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Additional Occurrences
1-john Last hour éschatos · hṓra
final phase of redemptive history
Mark 10:23–31 ἔσχατος éschatos · hṓra
last, final
New Testament Witnesses
last, final, pertaining to the concluding period
Word Origins
ἔσχατος is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Paul situates Timothy’s ministry within the broader redemptive-historical period between Christ’s first coming and His return.
Signals the eschatological tension in which the church lives between Christ’s first coming and His return.
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain