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GreekG2193Preposition

ἕως

heōs

139Occurrences
G2193Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

of uncertain affinity;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
relative particle (Lat. donee, usque), expressing the terminus ad quem .
I
As conjunction
1.till, until
(a)of a fact in past time, with indic.
(b)ἕως ἄν, with subjc. aor.
(with)with indic., present
2.C. indic., as long while
II
As an adverb (chiefly in late writers).
1.Of time, until, unto
(a)as prep. with genitive (BL, §40, 6; M, Pr., 99)
(b)ὅτου, with the force of a conjc. ; (α) ἕ. *οὗ *(Hdt., ii, 143; Plut.)
(with)with adv. (ἔ. ὀψέ, Thuc, iii, 108)
2.Of place, as far even to, unto (Arist.)
(a)as prep. with genitive
(b)with adv. (BL, §40, 6)
(with)with prep.
3.Of quantity, measure, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

ἕως appears 139 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
43
Luke
28
Acts
22
Mark
14
John
11
1 Corinthians
6
2 Corinthians
3
Hebrews
3

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:8BSB

He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 23:23BSB

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

Luke 12:59BSB

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

Matthew 10:23BSB

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 24:39BSB

And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.