Strong G891ἄχρι
until
- Transliteration
- achri achris
- Pronunciation
- akh'-ree akh'-rece
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄχρι
(and Epic ἄχρις, bef. vowel (see MM, see word), Rom.11:25 T, Gal.3:19 T, WH, mg., Heb.3:13);
1. adv., utterly (Hom.).
2. Prep. with genitive, until, unto, as far as;
__(a) of time Act.3:21 22:22, Rom.1:13 5:13, 1Co.4:11, 2Co.3:14, Gal.4:2, Php.1:6; ἄ. καιροῦ, Luk.4:13, Act.13:11; ἄ. ἧς ἡμέρας, Mat.24:38, Luk.1:20 17:27, Act.1:2 (τῆς ἡ. ἧς), Act.1:22; ἄ. ταύτης τ. ἡμέρας (τ. ἡ. ταύτης), Act.2:29 23:1 26:22; ἄ. ἡμερων πέντε, Act.20:6; ἄ. αὐγῆς, Act.20:11; ἄ. τοῦ νῦν, Rom.8:22, Php.1:5; ἄ. τέλους, Heb.6:11, Rev.2:26;
__(b) of space: Act.11:5 13:6 20:4 (R, txt., WH, mg.) Act.28:15, 2Co.10:13-14, Heb.4:12, Rev.14:20 18:5;
__(with) of measure or degree: ἄ. θανάτου, Act.22:4, Rev.2:10 12:11.
3. As conj., until;
__(a) ἄχρι alone: with subj. aor., Gal.3:19 (ἄ. οὗ T, WH, mg.); id. without ἄν (Bl., § 65, 10), Rev.7:3 15:8 20:3, 5; with indic. fut., Rev.17:17;
__(b) ἄ. οὗ (i.e. ἄ.. τούτου ᾧ): with indic. aor., Act.7:18; impf., Act.27:33; with subj. aor. (Bl., ut supr.), Luk.21:24, Rom.11:25, 1Co.11:26 15:25, Gal.3:19, T, WH, mg.; id. with ἄν, Rev.2:25; with indic. pres., while, Heb.3:13 (cf. μέχρι).†
(AS)
(and Epic ἄχρις, bef. vowel (see MM, see word), Rom.11:25 T, Gal.3:19 T, WH, mg., Heb.3:13);
1. adv., utterly (Hom.).
2. Prep. with genitive, until, unto, as far as;
__(a) of time Act.3:21 22:22, Rom.1:13 5:13, 1Co.4:11, 2Co.3:14, Gal.4:2, Php.1:6; ἄ. καιροῦ, Luk.4:13, Act.13:11; ἄ. ἧς ἡμέρας, Mat.24:38, Luk.1:20 17:27, Act.1:2 (τῆς ἡ. ἧς), Act.1:22; ἄ. ταύτης τ. ἡμέρας (τ. ἡ. ταύτης), Act.2:29 23:1 26:22; ἄ. ἡμερων πέντε, Act.20:6; ἄ. αὐγῆς, Act.20:11; ἄ. τοῦ νῦν, Rom.8:22, Php.1:5; ἄ. τέλους, Heb.6:11, Rev.2:26;
__(b) of space: Act.11:5 13:6 20:4 (R, txt., WH, mg.) Act.28:15, 2Co.10:13-14, Heb.4:12, Rev.14:20 18:5;
__(with) of measure or degree: ἄ. θανάτου, Act.22:4, Rev.2:10 12:11.
3. As conj., until;
__(a) ἄχρι alone: with subj. aor., Gal.3:19 (ἄ. οὗ T, WH, mg.); id. without ἄν (Bl., § 65, 10), Rev.7:3 15:8 20:3, 5; with indic. fut., Rev.17:17;
__(b) ἄ. οὗ (i.e. ἄ.. τούτου ᾧ): with indic. aor., Act.7:18; impf., Act.27:33; with subj. aor. (Bl., ut supr.), Luk.21:24, Rom.11:25, 1Co.11:26 15:25, Gal.3:19, T, WH, mg.; id. with ἄν, Rev.2:25; with indic. pres., while, Heb.3:13 (cf. μέχρι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G891 appears in 49 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- until16
- unto13
- till8
- even2
- far2
- for2
- while2
- hitherto1
- in1
- into1
- to1
First verses
- Matthew 24:38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
- Luke 1:20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- Luke 4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
- Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Acts 1:2Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
- Acts 3:21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Acts 7:18Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
- Acts 11:5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
- Acts 13:6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:
- Acts 13:11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 20:4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
- Acts 20:6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
- Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
- Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Acts 22:22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
- Acts 23:1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
- Acts 27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄχρι
and ἄχρις (see. entry near the end):
I adverb to the uttermost, τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.522; ἀπὸ δ᾽ ὀστέον ἄχρις ἄραξε 16.324, compare 17.599.)]
I.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, before Preps., ἄχρι εἰς Κοτύωρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4; ἄ. ἐς ποταμόν “Tab.Heracl.” 1.17)]; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 36, “Herm.” 24; ἄχρις ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1403; ἐπ᾽ ὀστέον “IG” 12(7).115.9 (from Amorgos))]; ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 19.3; ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.177; ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4)]: less frequently after the Noun, ἐς τέλος ἄχρις[Refs 1st c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 2.617, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.153, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, ἄχρι.. θρόνον ἦλθεν “IG” 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus): with an)]adverb, ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 12; ἄχρι δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.401.)]
II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
II.1 of Time, until, ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος until deep in the night, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.370; ἄχρι τῆς τήμερον ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς [prev. author] 18.179; ἄχρι γήρως 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 2)]; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.35; ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 1, NT.Rom.8.22; ἄχρι νῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 39, LXX.Gen.44.28; ἄχρι παντός)]continually, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 6.)]
II.2 of Space, as far as, even to, ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.138 (who elsewhere has μέχρι); ἄ. τῆς ὁδοῦ “IG” 12.893; ἄ. τῆς πυλίδος “SIG” 2587.25; ἄ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.301; ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίας “Comica Adespota” 475; ἄχρις ἥπατος 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 101a, compare 100e; ἄχρι τῆς πόλεως 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.43; ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.676)]: after its case, ἰνίου ἄχρις[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 41.)]
II.3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.122; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.37; ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.77; ἄ. θανάτου NT.Act.22.4; ἄχρι τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον δοξοκοπίας Polystr. p.19 W.)]
III as conjunction, ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,
III.1 of Time, until, so long as, ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.37; ἄχρις ὅτου “epigram Gr.” 314.24 (from Smyrna))]; ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.2; ἄχρις οὗ ἂν δοκέῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3; ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσιν [prev. author] “Int.” 40)]; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 9: without ἄν, ἄχρις ῥεύσῃ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.47)]; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (variant{-σει}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.117; ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 17)]; ἄχρι ἄν, c.infinitive, Epist.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Mithradates Epistolographus in “SIG” 741.37)]: with infinitive only, ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέον[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.361.)]
III.2 of Space, so far as, διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.16)]: with subjunctive, αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίου[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.8)]; compare μέχρι throughout. —Epic dialect poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in Ionic dialect μέχρι is preferred (see. above): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus than μέχρι: the only _Attic dialect_ forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι,)] before both consonants and vowels,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 6, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 34)]; and so in Attic dialect Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less frequently than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.2729, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.26; but ἄχρις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 179.)] —Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, ={ṃṃ-χρι}, compare μέχρι.)
and ἄχρις (see. entry near the end):
I adverb to the uttermost, τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.522; ἀπὸ δ᾽ ὀστέον ἄχρις ἄραξε 16.324, compare 17.599.)]
I.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, before Preps., ἄχρι εἰς Κοτύωρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4; ἄ. ἐς ποταμόν “Tab.Heracl.” 1.17)]; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 36, “Herm.” 24; ἄχρις ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1403; ἐπ᾽ ὀστέον “IG” 12(7).115.9 (from Amorgos))]; ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 19.3; ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.177; ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4)]: less frequently after the Noun, ἐς τέλος ἄχρις[Refs 1st c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 2.617, compare 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.153, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, ἄχρι.. θρόνον ἦλθεν “IG” 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus): with an)]adverb, ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 12; ἄχρι δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.401.)]
II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
II.1 of Time, until, ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος until deep in the night, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.370; ἄχρι τῆς τήμερον ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς [prev. author] 18.179; ἄχρι γήρως 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 2)]; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.35; ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 1, NT.Rom.8.22; ἄχρι νῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 39, LXX.Gen.44.28; ἄχρι παντός)]continually, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 6.)]
II.2 of Space, as far as, even to, ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.138 (who elsewhere has μέχρι); ἄ. τῆς ὁδοῦ “IG” 12.893; ἄ. τῆς πυλίδος “SIG” 2587.25; ἄ. τοῦ Πειραιῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.301; ἔδακνεν ἄχρι τῆς καρδίας “Comica Adespota” 475; ἄχρις ἥπατος 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 101a, compare 100e; ἄχρι τῆς πόλεως 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.43; ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.676)]: after its case, ἰνίου ἄχρις[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 41.)]
II.3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.122; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.37; ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.77; ἄ. θανάτου NT.Act.22.4; ἄχρι τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον δοξοκοπίας Polystr. p.19 W.)]
III as conjunction, ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,
III.1 of Time, until, so long as, ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.37; ἄχρις ὅτου “epigram Gr.” 314.24 (from Smyrna))]; ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.2; ἄχρις οὗ ἂν δοκέῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3; ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσιν [prev. author] “Int.” 40)]; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 9: without ἄν, ἄχρις ῥεύσῃ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.47)]; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (variant{-σει}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.117; ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 17)]; ἄχρι ἄν, c.infinitive, Epist.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Mithradates Epistolographus in “SIG” 741.37)]: with infinitive only, ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέον[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.361.)]
III.2 of Space, so far as, διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.16)]: with subjunctive, αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίου[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.8)]; compare μέχρι throughout. —Epic dialect poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in Ionic dialect μέχρι is preferred (see. above): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus than μέχρι: the only _Attic dialect_ forms are ἄχρι, μέχρι,)] before both consonants and vowels,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 6, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 34)]; and so in Attic dialect Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less frequently than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.2729, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.26; but ἄχρις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 179.)] —Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, ={ṃṃ-χρι}, compare μέχρι.)