What does ἕως (héōs) mean in the Bible?
ἕως (héōs): Marks the endpoint of an action or state, whether temporal, spatial, or quantitative; terminus ad quem.
Greek · G2193
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): Marks the endpoint of an action or state, whether temporal, spatial, or quantitative; terminus ad quem.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2193?
The BSB source-word alignment has 147 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include until (62), to (31), . . . (7), while (7), How long (6).
Where does ἕως (héōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (49), Luke (28), Acts (22), Mark (15).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It until 62× Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:15
to 31× Matthew 1:17, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 24:31
. . . 7× Luke 22:51, John 13:38, Acts 11:19, Acts 11:22
while 7× Matthew 5:25, Matthew 14:22, Matthew 26:36, Mark 6:45
How long 6× Matthew 17:17, Mark 9:19, Luke 9:41, John 10:24
before 4× Matthew 10:23, Matthew 16:28, Mark 9:1, Luke 9:27
Up to 3× Matthew 18:21, Mark 6:23, 1 Corinthians 4:13
- 2× Matthew 18:22, Acts 17:14
as far as 2× Matthew 24:27, Luke 24:50
vvv 2× Acts 21:5, 2 Corinthians 1:13
[and has come] all the way 1× Luke 23:5
[and] 1× Acts 21:26
[It remained] until 1× Acts 7:45
[to the age of] 1× Luke 2:37
[wait] until 1× 1 Corinthians 4:5
[went] 1× Acts 26:11
[will continue] until 1× 2 Thessalonians 2:7
again until 1× Luke 22:16
and moving on 1× Matthew 20:8
down to 1× Matthew 22:26
even 1× Romans 3:12
even to 1× Matthew 28:20
for 1× Hebrews 10:13
just 1× Matthew 18:22
right 1× Mark 14:54
right up 1× Matthew 26:58
still 1× 1 John 2:9
till 1× Matthew 12:20
to the point 1× Matthew 26:38
to the point of 1× Mark 14:34
until the time 1× Acts 13:20
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:17 ἕως to to Preposition Matthew 1:17 ἕως to to Preposition Matthew 1:17 ἕως to to Preposition Matthew 1:25 ἕως to until Preposition Matthew 2:9 ἕως to until Conjunction Matthew 2:13 ἕως to until Conjunction Matthew 2:15 ἕως to until Preposition Matthew 5:18 ἕως to until Conjunction Matthew 5:18 ἕως to until Conjunction Matthew 5:25 ἕως to while Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 1:17
Aligned rows 147
Books represented 15
Matthew 49 Mark 15 Luke 28 John 11 Acts 22 Romans 2 1 Corinthians 6 2 Corinthians 3 2 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 1 Hebrews 3 James 2 2 Peter 1 1 John 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
ἕως 141x heōs Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:13
Ἕως 5x Heōs Matthew 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:43, John 10:24
〈ἕως 1x heōs John 8:9
Parsing patterns
Preposition 108x Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 5:25
Conjunction 39x Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Marks the endpoint of an action or state, whether temporal, spatial, or quantitative; terminus ad quem.
Strong's G2193
Lexical occurrences 145 verses Greek text appearances 148 times 16 shown below Word forms 2 forms 145 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 12:49-59 Source Gloss
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 148 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 1:17 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 1:17 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 1:17 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 1:25 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 2:9 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 2:13 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 2:15 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 5:18 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 5:18 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 5:25 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 5:26 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 10:11 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 10:23 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 11:12 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 11:13 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verse Matthew 11:23 Adverb
ἕως ewv
until, as far as
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Temporal terminus with subjunctive, marking point when payment obligation ends
Temporal conjunction showing duration of process, when leaven works through dough
Temporal marker indicating point of transition or change in dispensation or law
Temporal adverb marking duration until a future event arrives or dawns
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 145 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἕως is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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