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ἔσχατος

éschatos · Greek · Strong's G2078 · 53 occurrences

What it means

farthest, final (of place or time)

a superlative probably from G2192 (ἔχω) (in the sense of contiguity);

How the KJV renders it

ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
• What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
• What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
• What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?

Where it appears

53 occurrences in the Greek text, first 48 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.