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ἄχρι
áchri · Greek · Strong's G891 · 49 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “unto”
What it means
(of time) until or (of place) up to
akin to G206 (ἄκρον) (through the idea of a terminus);
How the KJV renders it
as far as, for, till, even, unto, until, 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), héōs (G2193), ephístēmi (G2186), analambánō (G353), prosphérō (G4374), méchri (G3360), hōs (G5613), prosérchomai (G4334), epichorēgéō (G2023), proséchō (G4337), hypotássō (G5293), tís (G5101), proskaléomai (G4341), ʻad (H5705)
“for”
“even”
“while”
“till”
also renders méchri (G3360)
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
Where it appears
49 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 4:11 ADV1 Corinthians 11:26 ADV1 Corinthians 15:25 ADV2 Corinthians 3:14 ADV2 Corinthians 10:13 ADV2 Corinthians 10:14 ADVActs 1:2 ADVActs 1:22 ADVActs 2:29 ADVActs 3:21 ADVActs 7:18 ADVActs 11:5 ADVActs 13:6 ADVActs 13:11 ADVActs 20:6 ADVActs 20:11 ADVActs 22:4 ADVActs 22:22 ADVActs 23:1 ADVActs 26:22 ADVActs 27:33 ADVActs 28:15 ADVGalatians 3:19 ADVGalatians 4:2 ADVHebrews 3:13 ADVHebrews 4:12 ADVHebrews 6:11 ADVLuke 1:20 ADVLuke 4:13 ADVLuke 17:27 ADVLuke 21:24 ADVMatthew 24:38 ADVPhilippians 1:5 ADVPhilippians 1:6 ADVRevelation 2:10 ADVRevelation 2:25 ADVRevelation 2:26 ADVRevelation 7:3 ADVRevelation 12:11 ADVRevelation 14:20 ADVRevelation 15:8 ADVRevelation 17:17 ADVRevelation 18:5 ADVRevelation 20:3 ADVRevelation 20:5 ADVRomans 1:13 ADVRomans 5:13 ADVRomans 8:22 ADVRomans 11:25 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.