Strong G3360μέχρι
until
- Transliteration
- mechri mechris
- Pronunciation
- mekh'-ree mekh-ris'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Detailed definition
μέχρι
(bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.12:4; see Bl., § 5, 4)
1. as prep., with genitive, as far as, even to, until;
__(a) of place: Rom.15:19;
__(b) of time : Mat.11:23 13:30 28:15, Luk.16:16, Act.10:30 20:7, Rom.5:14, 1Ti.6:14, Heb.3:6, 14 9:10;
__(with) of measure or degree : Php.2:8, 30, 2Ti.2:9, Heb.12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma.13:14).
2. As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph.4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI., § 65, 10), Mrk.13:30, Gal.4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv.; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι).†
(AS)
(bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.12:4; see Bl., § 5, 4)
1. as prep., with genitive, as far as, even to, until;
__(a) of place: Rom.15:19;
__(b) of time : Mat.11:23 13:30 28:15, Luk.16:16, Act.10:30 20:7, Rom.5:14, 1Ti.6:14, Heb.3:6, 14 9:10;
__(with) of measure or degree : Php.2:8, 30, 2Ti.2:9, Heb.12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma.13:14).
2. As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph.4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI., § 65, 10), Mrk.13:30, Gal.4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv.; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3360 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- until7
- unto7
- till2
- to1
First verses
- Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 28:15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
- Mark 13:30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
- Acts 10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
- Romans 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Philippians 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
- Philippians 2:30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
- 1 Timothy 6:14That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Timothy 2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
- Hebrews 12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μέχρῐ,
and μέχρῐς, adverb as far as, so used chiefly in Prose and before a preposition, μέχρι πρός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25b, “Criti.” 118a; μ. εἰς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.26; ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 11: before Advs. of Place or Time, μ. ἐνταῦθα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 222a, +others; μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου [prev. author] “Smp.” 217e)]; μ. ὅποι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 487c)]; μ. ὅπου.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 169; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.163; μ. τότε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24; μ. τὰ νῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 686b)]; μ. νῦν (variant{τοῦ νῦν}) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.110; μ. καὶ νῦν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.13)]; μέχρι πότε χηρεύομε; [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.1.)]
II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
II.1 of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.143; μ. τοῦ γούνατος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.80; μ. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.96, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.6, +others)]: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925a, compare “Supp.epigram” 3.400.5 (Delph., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 of Time, τέο μέχρι; i.e. τίνος μέχρι χρόνο; how long? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.128)]; μέχρις τε; [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Callinus Epicus 1.1: in Prose, μέχρι τούτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4)]; μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 245a, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3, +others)]; μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90; μ. τούτου,.. μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.91, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81d: with the _Article_, τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ)] up to my time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10, 5.115)]; μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end of his life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.160; μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά [prev. author] 6.12; μέχρι Πυθίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.1; μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος “IG” 12.188.4.)]
II.3 of Measure or Degree, μ. τοῦ δικαίου so far as consists with right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498e)]; μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς,[NT ([prev. work] 559a, “Grg.” 500b; μ. θανάτου NT.Phil.2.8.)]
II.4 with Numbers to express a round sum, up to, about, nearly, μ. δώδεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.8, etc.)]: sometimes without altering the case of the substantive, τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.133; but πίνειν.. τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 5.19)]; μ. τινὸς πλήθους up to a certain number, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.3)]: hence, just short of, μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.5.)]
II.5 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, μέχρι οὗ)] is sometimes used like the simple μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων [Refs (1.181; μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων 2.19; μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς [prev. work] 173.)]
III as a conjunction, until, with indicative, μέχρι.. ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220d; μ. σκότος ἐγένετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.4)]; μέχρι ἄν with subjunctive [Refs (, [prev. work] 1.4.13, 2.3.24; μέχρις ἂν ἥλιος δύῃ “IG” 12(5).647.17 (from Ceos))]; μέχρις κε μένῃ [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” 5.4: rarely without ἄν, μ. τοῦτο ἴδωμεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119; μ. πλοῦς γένηται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; μ. οὗ τι δόξῃ [prev. author] 3.28; μέχρι τέκῃ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” 5.5; μέχρις οὗ εἴπῃ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.43; μ. καταντήσωμεν NT.Eph.4.13; μέχρις ἵνα ψαύσειε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 28 (assuming variant))]: with infinitive, μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 75; μέχρις ἠῶ δῖαν ἱκέσθαι 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.830; also μέχρι ἂν ἕξιν λαβεῖν 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 35.)]
III.2 as long as, whilst, with indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10, 98, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.4)]; μ. ἄν with subjunctive, μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 633; μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 10.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 11)]; Doric dialect μέχρι κα ζώη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 1807.7 (2nd c.BC), +others)]—The μετώπο-ι is elided in [Refs (“IG” 12.115.15, “Supp.epigram” [same place])] —Cf. ἄχρι throughout and entry near the end
and μέχρῐς, adverb as far as, so used chiefly in Prose and before a preposition, μέχρι πρός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25b, “Criti.” 118a; μ. εἰς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.26; ἐς γόνυ μ. χιτῶνα ζώννυσθαι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 11: before Advs. of Place or Time, μ. ἐνταῦθα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 222a, +others; μ. δεῦρο τοῦ λόγου [prev. author] “Smp.” 217e)]; μ. ὅποι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 487c)]; μ. ὅπου.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 169; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.163; μ. τότε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24; μ. τὰ νῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 686b)]; μ. νῦν (variant{τοῦ νῦν}) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.110; μ. καὶ νῦν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.13)]; μέχρι πότε χηρεύομε; [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.1.)]
II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
II.1 of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.143; μ. τοῦ γούνατος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.80; μ. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.96, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.6, +others)]: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925a, compare “Supp.epigram” 3.400.5 (Delph., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 of Time, τέο μέχρι; i.e. τίνος μέχρι χρόνο; how long? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.128)]; μέχρις τε; [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Callinus Epicus 1.1: in Prose, μέχρι τούτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4)]; μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 245a, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3, +others)]; μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90; μ. τούτου,.. μέχρις ἂν ῥηθῶσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.91, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 81d: with the _Article_, τὸ μ. ἐμεῦ)] up to my time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10, 5.115)]; μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end of his life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.160; μ. ἡμερέων ἑπτά [prev. author] 6.12; μέχρι Πυθίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.1; μέχρι ἡλίου δύντος “IG” 12.188.4.)]
II.3 of Measure or Degree, μ. τοῦ δικαίου so far as consists with right, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; μ. τοῦ δυνατοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498e)]; μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς,[NT ([prev. work] 559a, “Grg.” 500b; μ. θανάτου NT.Phil.2.8.)]
II.4 with Numbers to express a round sum, up to, about, nearly, μ. δώδεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.8, etc.)]: sometimes without altering the case of the substantive, τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.133; but πίνειν.. τοὺς μ. ἐτῶν τριάκοντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 5.19)]; μ. τινὸς πλήθους up to a certain number, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.3)]: hence, just short of, μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.8.5.)]
II.5 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, μέχρι οὗ)] is sometimes used like the simple μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων [Refs (1.181; μέχρι οὗ τροπέων τῶν θερινέων 2.19; μ. ὅτεν πληθώρης ἀγορῆς [prev. work] 173.)]
III as a conjunction, until, with indicative, μέχρι.. ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220d; μ. σκότος ἐγένετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.4)]; μέχρι ἄν with subjunctive [Refs (, [prev. work] 1.4.13, 2.3.24; μέχρις ἂν ἥλιος δύῃ “IG” 12(5).647.17 (from Ceos))]; μέχρις κε μένῃ [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” 5.4: rarely without ἄν, μ. τοῦτο ἴδωμεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119; μ. πλοῦς γένηται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; μ. οὗ τι δόξῃ [prev. author] 3.28; μέχρι τέκῃ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Sosibii Victoria” 5.5; μέχρις οὗ εἴπῃ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.43; μ. καταντήσωμεν NT.Eph.4.13; μέχρις ἵνα ψαύσειε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 28 (assuming variant))]: with infinitive, μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 75; μέχρις ἠῶ δῖαν ἱκέσθαι 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.830; also μέχρι ἂν ἕξιν λαβεῖν 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 35.)]
III.2 as long as, whilst, with indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10, 98, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.62.4)]; μ. ἄν with subjunctive, μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 633; μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 10.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 11)]; Doric dialect μέχρι κα ζώη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“GDI” 1807.7 (2nd c.BC), +others)]—The μετώπο-ι is elided in [Refs (“IG” 12.115.15, “Supp.epigram” [same place])] —Cf. ἄχρι throughout and entry near the end