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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
also renders zētéō (G2212), proseúchomai (G4336), epizētéō (G1934), hōs (G5613), ʼâz (H227), min (H4481), ʻad (H5705), ʻôwlâm (H5769), ʻal (H5922), ʻêqeb (H6118)
even
also renders hoútō (G3779), katháper (G2509), hṓsper (G5618), opsé (G3796), ʼak (H389), ʼaph (H637), gam (H1571), hêʼ (H1888), raq (H7535)
while
also renders héōs (G2193), hóte (G3753), hōs (G5613), brachýs (G1024), chrónos (G5550), hēméra (G2250), polýs (G4183), ʻôwd (H5751)
until
also renders héōs (G2193), méchri (G3360), dîy (H1768), ʻad (H5705)
till
also renders méchri (G3360)

Questions this word decides

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.