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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ἄχριG891
Pronunciationáchri
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 Ituntil23×Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 21:24, Acts 1:2
to8×Acts 2:29, Acts 23:1, Acts 26:22, 1 Corinthians 4:11
up to4×Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27, Acts 27:33, Revelation 18:5
. . .2×Acts 11:5, 2 Corinthians 10:14
as far as2×Acts 13:6, Acts 28:15
[even] unto1×Revelation 2:10
[rose] as high as1×Revelation 14:20
as long as1×Hebrews 3:13
before1×Romans 5:13
even to the1×Acts 22:4
for1×Acts 13:11
later1×Acts 20:6
so as to shy away from1×Revelation 12:11
Then1×Acts 7:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 24:38ἄχριtoup toPrepositionLuke 1:20ἄχριtountilPrepositionLuke 4:13ἄχριtountilPrepositionLuke 17:27ἄχριtoup toPrepositionLuke 21:24ἄχριtountilPrepositionActs 1:2ἄχριtountilPrepositionActs 2:29ἄχριtotoPrepositionActs 3:21ἄχριtountilPrepositionActs 7:18ἄχριtoThenPrepositionActs 11:5ἄχριto. . .Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 24:38
Aligned rows48
Books represented10
Matthew1Luke4Acts15Romans41 Corinthians32 Corinthians3Galatians2Philippians2Hebrews3Revelation11
Source forms
ἄχρι45xachriMatthew 24:38, Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 17:27
ἄχρις2xachrisGalatians 3:19, Hebrews 3:13
Ἄχρι1xAchriActs 27:33
Parsing patterns
Preposition43xMatthew 24:38, Luke 1:20, Luke 4:13, Luke 17:27
Conjunction5xRevelation 7:3, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 17:17, Revelation 20:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. (of time) until or (of place) up to
Strong'sG891
Lexical occurrences47 versesGreek text appearances49 times16 shown belowWord forms2 forms47 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
(of time) until or (of place) up to
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 24:38Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseLuke 1:20Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseLuke 4:13Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseLuke 17:27Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseLuke 21:24Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 1:2Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 2:29Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 3:21Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 7:18Adverb
ἄχριςacriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 11:5Adverb
ἄχριςacriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 13:6Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 13:11Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 20:4Adverb
ἄχριacri
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 20:6Adverb
ἄχριςacriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 20:11Adverb
ἄχριςacriv
as far as, up to, until
Read verseActs 22:4Adverb
ἄχριacri
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 patterns2Aligned forms47
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 22:442×
Rev 7:3 · Rev 15:8 · Rev 17:17 · Rev 20:3 · Rev 20:55×
Word Origins
ἄχρι is built from this root:
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