Heōs ἕως

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Heōs
ἕως
Transliterationheōs
Strong's numberG2193
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpreposition
Glossuntil
Occurrences148 in 139 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (43)

Heōs (Greek ἕως, Strong's G2193) is a Greek preposition meaning “until”. It occurs 148 times in 139 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἕως,
relative particle (Lat. donee, usque),
expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, §321ff.).
I. As conjunction;
1. till, until;
(a) of a fact in past time, with indic.: Mat.2:9, al. (Wis.10:14, al.);
(b) ἕως 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.
2. C. indic., as long as, while (Burton, §327): Jhn.9:4 (Plat., Phaedo, 89c).
II. As an adverb (chiefly in late writers).
1. Of time, until, unto;
(a) as 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.;
(b) before 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.
2. Of place, as far as, even to, unto (Arist., al.);
(a) as prep. with genitive (see supr.): Mt 1123, Lk 1015, al.;
(b) with 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).
3. Of quantity, measure, etc.: Mat.18:21, Mrk.6:23, Luk.22:51, al.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtill (40), until (35), unto (29), while (7), how (4), even unto (2), even (2), thus (1), long (1), hitherto (1)
BSBuntil (65), while (7), how long (6), before (4), up (3), far (2), point (2), even (2), till (1), just (1), moving (1), down (1), and 6 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Heōs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

James

2 Peter

1 John

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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