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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)
Answers that weigh this word
- 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 · ADV
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
1 Corinthians 11:26 · ADV
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 15:25 · ADV
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
2 Corinthians 3:14 · ADV
But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
2 Corinthians 10:13 · ADV
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
2 Corinthians 10:14 · ADV
For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
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