End
ἄκρονStrong’s G0206akron
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akron is the Greek word usually translated “ends”, “end” and “tip”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ends”, “end” and “tip”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ends 2
- end 2
- tip 1
- top 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 13:27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- Hebrews 11:21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Greek dictionary
ἄκρον akron · end
ἄκρος, -α, -ον [in LXX for קֶצַח, בֹּהֶן, etc. ;] highest, extreme; as subst., τὸ ἄ., the top, extremity: Mrk.13:27, Luk.16:24, Heb.11:21; pl. (cf. MM, VGT, see word), Mat.24:31.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “end” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
END, noun
- The extreme point of a line, or of anything that has more length than breadth; as the end of a house; the end of a table; the end of a finger; the end of a chain or rope.
- The extremity or last part, in general; the close or conclusion, applied to time.
- The conclusion or cessation of an action.“Of the increase of his government there shall be no end” Isaiah 9:7
- The close or conclusion; as the end of a chapter.
All definitions and other forms of “end”
- Ultimate state or condition; final doom.“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace” Psalms 37:37
- The point beyond which no progression can be made.“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end” Psalms 107:27
- Final determination; conclusion of debate or deliberation.
- Close of life; death; decease.
- Cessation; period; close of a particular state of things; as the end of the world.
- Limit; termination.
- Destruction. Amos 8:2“The end of all flesh is come” Genesis 6:13
- Cause of death; a destroyer.
- Consequence; issue; result; conclusive event; conclusion.
- A fragment or broken piece.
- The ultimate point or thing at which one aims or directs his views; the object intended to be reached or accomplished by any action or scheme; purpose intended; scope; aim; drift; as private ends; public ends.
- An end for on end upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end
- The ends of the earth, in scripture, are the remotest parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts.
END, verb transitive
To finish; to close; to conclude; to terminate; as, to end a controversy; to end a war.
- “On the seventh day God ended his work” Genesis 2:2
- To destroy; to put to death.
END, verb intransitive
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; as, a voyage ends by the return of a ship.
- To terminate; to close; to conclude.
- To cease; to come to a close.
END'-ALL, noun
Final close. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.