Greek · G2193 · unreviewed

ἕως

A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)

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ἕως G2193

Pronunciation héōs

What does ἕως (héōs) mean in the Bible?

ἕως (héōs) is a Greek word meaning "a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)". ἕως, relative particle (Lat.

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Meaning

a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)

Extended definition

Marks the endpoint of an action or state, whether temporal, spatial, or quantitative; terminus ad quem.

relative particle (Lat. donee, usque), expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, §321ff.).

IAs conjunction;

1till, until;

aof a fact in past time, with indic.: Mat.2:9, al. (Wis.10:14, al.);

bἕως ἄν, with subjc. aor.: Mat.2:13 5:18, Mrk.6:10, al.; without ἄν (M. Pr., 168f.; Lft., Notes, 115), Mrk.14:32 (Burton, §325), Luk.12:59, 2Th.2:7, al.; __(with) with indic., present (Burton, §328; BL, §65, 10): Mrk.6:45, Jhn.21:22, 23 1Ti.4:13.

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

IIAs an adverb (chiefly in late writers).

1Of time, until, unto;

aas prep. with genitive (BL, §40, 6; M, Pr., 99): τ. ἡμέρας, Mat.26:29, Luk.1:80, Rom.11:8, al.; ὥρας, Mat.27:45, al.; τέλους, 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:13; τ. νῦν, Mat.24:21, Mrk.13:19 (1Ma.2:33); ἐτῶν ὀγ. (Field, Notes, 49f.), Luk.2:37; τ. ἐλθεῖν, Act.8:40; before names and events, Mat.1:17 2:15, Luk.11:51, Jas.5:7, al.;

bbefore οὗ, ὅτου, with the force of a conjc. (Burton, §330; M, Pr., 91); __(α) ἕ. οὗ (Hdt., ii, 143; Plut., al.): with indic., Mat.1:25 (WH br., οὗ) 13:33, al.; with subjc. aor., Mat.14:22, al.; __(β) ἔ. ὅτου: with subjc., Luk.13:8; with indic., Mat.5:25 (until), Jhn.9:18; __(with) with adv. (ἔ. ὀψέ, Thuc, iii, 108): ἄρτι, Mat.11:12, Jhn.2:10, 1Co.4:13, al.; πότε (M, Pr., 107), Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Jhn.10:24, al.

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

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

bwith adv. (BL, §40, 6): ἄνω, Jhn.2:7; ἔσω, Mrk.14:54; κάτω, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38; ὧδε, Luk.23:5; __(with) with prep.: ἔξω, Act.21:5; πρός, Luk.24:50 (Field, Notes, 83).

3Of quantity, measure, etc.: Mat.18:21, Mrk.6:23, Luk.22:51, al.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Luke 12:49-59 until héōs

Temporal terminus with subjunctive, marking point when payment obligation ends

Luke 13:18-21 until héōs

Temporal conjunction showing duration of process, when leaven works through dough

Luke 16:14-18 until héōs

Temporal marker indicating point of transition or change in dispensation or law

2 Peter 1:19-21 until héōs

Temporal adverb marking duration until a future event arrives or dawns

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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