What does ἕως · ὅς mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G2193, G3739
ἕως οὗ
A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place) · the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
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ἕως G2193 a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
Pronunciation héōs
Marks the endpoint of an action or state, whether temporal, spatial, or quantitative; terminus ad quem.
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ὅς G3739 the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
Pronunciation hós
Relative pronoun that agrees with antecedent in gender but may vary in case through attraction or construction according to sense.
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What does ἕως οὗ (heōs hou) mean in the Bible?
ἕως · ὅς is a Greek phrase meaning "Until, marking the endpoint of the search.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2193, G3739?
G2193, G3739 is connected to 145 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Until, marking the endpoint of the search.
Source Gloss
Until, marking the endpoint of the search.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 145
Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 5:25 · Matt 11:12 · Matt 11:13 · Matt 11:23 · Matt 13:33 · Matt 14:22 · Matt 17:9 · Matt 17:17 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 18:22 · Matt 18:34 · Matt 20:8 · Matt 22:26 107×
Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:26 · Matt 10:11 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 12:20 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 18:30 · Matt 22:44 · Matt 23:39 · Matt 24:34 · Matt 24:39 · Mark 6:10 · Mark 6:45 · Mark 9:1 38×
Word Origins
ἕως οὗ is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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