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ἕως
héōs · Greek · Strong's G2193 · 145 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “unto”
What it means
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
of uncertain affinity;
How the KJV renders it
even until, unto, far, how long, until, hither, up to, while
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“unto”
also renders engýs (G1451), epistéllō (G1989), ephístēmi (G2186), analambánō (G353), prosphérō (G4374), méchri (G3360), áchri (G891), hōs (G5613), prosérchomai (G4334), epichorēgéō (G2023), proséchō (G4337), hypotássō (G5293), tís (G5101), proskaléomai (G4341), ʻad (H5705)
“hither”
“while”
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does 2 Timothy 3:16 mean that scripture is 'God-breathed'?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Does the Bible forbid drinking alcohol?
Where it appears
145 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:8 ADV1 Corinthians 4:5 ADV1 Corinthians 4:13 ADV1 Corinthians 8:7 ADV1 Corinthians 15:6 ADV1 Corinthians 16:8 ADV1 John 2:9 ADV1 Timothy 4:13 ADV2 Corinthians 1:13 ADV2 Corinthians 3:15 ADV2 Corinthians 12:2 ADV2 Peter 1:19 ADV2 Thessalonians 2:7 ADVActs 1:8 ADVActs 2:35 ADVActs 7:45 ADVActs 8:10 ADVActs 8:40 ADVActs 9:38 ADVActs 11:19 ADVActs 11:22 ADVActs 13:20 ADVActs 13:47 ADVActs 17:14 ADVActs 17:15 ADVActs 21:5 ADVActs 21:26 ADVActs 23:12 ADVActs 23:14 ADVActs 23:21 ADVActs 23:23 ADVActs 25:21 ADVActs 26:11 ADVActs 28:23 ADVHebrews 1:13 ADVHebrews 8:11 ADVHebrews 10:13 ADVJames 5:7 ADVJohn 2:7 ADVJohn 2:10 ADVJohn 5:17 ADVJohn 8:9 ADVJohn 9:4 ADVJohn 9:18 ADVJohn 10:24 ADVJohn 13:38 ADVJohn 16:24 ADVJohn 21:22 ADVJohn 21:23 ADVLuke 1:80 ADVLuke 2:15 ADVLuke 2:37 ADVLuke 4:29 ADVLuke 4:42 ADVLuke 9:27 ADVLuke 9:41 ADVLuke 10:15 ADVLuke 11:51 ADVLuke 12:50 ADVLuke 12:59 ADV
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.