What does ἄχρι (áchri) mean in the Bible?
ἄχρι (áchri) is a Greek word meaning "(of time) until or (of place) up to".
Greek · G891
ἄχρι
(Of time) until or (of place) up to
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ἄχρι G891
Pronunciation áchri
What does ἄχρι (áchri) mean in the Bible?
ἄχρι (áchri) is a Greek word meaning "(of time) until or (of place) up to".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G891?
The BSB source-word alignment has 48 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include until (23), to (8), up to (4), . . . (2), as far as (2).
Where does ἄχρι (áchri) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:38. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (15), Revelation (11), Luke (4), Romans (4).
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 23× Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 21:24, Acts 1:2
to 8× Acts 2:29, Acts 23:1, Acts 26:22, 1 Corinthians 4:11
up to 4× Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27, Acts 27:33, Revelation 18:5
. . . 2× Acts 11:5, 2 Corinthians 10:14
as far as 2× Acts 13:6, Acts 28:15
[even] unto 1× Revelation 2:10
[rose] as high as 1× Revelation 14:20
as long as 1× Hebrews 3:13
before 1× Romans 5:13
even to the 1× Acts 22:4
for 1× Acts 13:11
later 1× Acts 20:6
so as to shy away from 1× Revelation 12:11
Then 1× Acts 7:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 24:38 ἄχρι to up to Preposition Luke 1:20 ἄχρι to until Preposition Luke 4:13 ἄχρι to until Preposition Luke 17:27 ἄχρι to up to Preposition Luke 21:24 ἄχρι to until Preposition Acts 1:2 ἄχρι to until Preposition Acts 2:29 ἄχρι to to Preposition Acts 3:21 ἄχρι to until Preposition Acts 7:18 ἄχρι to Then Preposition Acts 11:5 ἄχρι to . . . Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:38
Aligned rows 48
Books represented 10
Matthew 1 Luke 4 Acts 15 Romans 4 1 Corinthians 3 2 Corinthians 3 Galatians 2 Philippians 2 Hebrews 3 Revelation 11
Source forms
ἄχρι 45x achri Matthew 24:38, Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 17:27
ἄχρις 2x achris Galatians 3:19, Hebrews 3:13
Ἄχρι 1x Achri Acts 27:33
Parsing patterns
Preposition 43x Matthew 24:38, Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 17:27
Conjunction 5x Revelation 7:3, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 17:17, Revelation 20:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. (of time) until or (of place) up to
Strong's G891
Lexical occurrences 47 verses Greek text appearances 49 times 16 shown below Word forms 2 forms 47 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
(of time) until or (of place) up to
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 49 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:38 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Luke 1:20 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Luke 4:13 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Luke 17:27 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Luke 21:24 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 1:2 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 2:29 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 3:21 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 7:18 Adverb
ἄχρις acriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 11:5 Adverb
ἄχρις acriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 13:6 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 13:11 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 20:4 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 20:6 Adverb
ἄχρις acriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 20:11 Adverb
ἄχρις acriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verse Acts 22:4 Adverb
ἄχρι acri
as far as, up to, until
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 47
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 24:38 · Mark 16:8 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 4:13 · Luke 17:27 · Luke 21:24 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 2:29 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 7:18 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 13:6 · Acts 13:11 · Acts 20:6 · Acts 20:11 · Acts 22:4 42×
Rev 7:3 · Rev 15:8 · Rev 17:17 · Rev 20:3 · Rev 20:5 5×
Word Origins
ἄχρι is built from this root:
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