Until
ἕωςStrong’s G2193heōs
Appears in 139 verses of the New Testament
In short
Heōs is the Greek word usually translated “until”, “to” and “up to”. It appears in 139 verses of the New Testament.
“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
Meaning
Usually translated “until”, “to” and “up to”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- until 119
- to 10
- up to 5
- as far as 5
- unto 4
- while 3
- before 1
- so much as 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 43
- Luke 28
- Acts 22
- Mark 14
- John 11
- 1 Corinthians 6
15 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 4:13In contextTill I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
- 2 Peter 1:19In contextWe have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
- Matthew 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
- Matthew 1:25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
All 139 verses, by book
- Matthew 43
- 1:171:252:92:132:155:185:255:2610:1110:2311:1211:1311:2312:2013:3013:3314:2216:2817:917:1718:2118:2218:3018:3420:822:2622:4423:3523:3924:2124:2724:3124:3424:3926:2926:3626:3826:5827:827:4527:5127:6428:20
- Luke 28
- 1:802:152:374:294:429:279:4110:1511:5112:5012:5913:813:2113:3515:415:817:819:1320:4321:3222:1622:1822:3422:5123:523:4424:4924:50
- Acts 22
- 1:81:222:357:458:108:409:3811:1911:2213:2013:4717:1417:1521:521:2623:1223:1423:2123:2325:2126:1128:23
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- 2:7
- 1 Timothy 1
- 4:13
- James 1
- 5:7
- 2 Peter 1
- 1:19
- 1 John 1
- 2:9
Greek dictionary
ἕως heōs · until
ἕως, relative particle (Lat. donee, usque), expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, §321ff.). I. As conjunction; 1. till, until; (a) of a fact in past time, with indic.: Mat.2:9, al. (Wis.10:14, al.); (b) ἕως ἄν, with subjc. aor.: Mat.2:13 5:18, Mrk.6:10, al.; without ἄν (M. Pr., 168f.; Lft., Notes, 115), Mrk.14:32 (Burton, §325), Luk.12:59, 2Th.2:7, al.; (with) with indic., present (Burton, §328; BL, §65, 10): Mrk.6:45, Jhn.21:22, 23 1Ti.4:13. 2. C. indic., as long as, while (Burton, §327): Jhn.9:4 (Plat., Phaedo, 89c). II. As an adverb (chiefly in late writers). …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “to” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TO, preposition
- Noting motion towards a place; opposed to from, or placed after another word expressing motion towards.
- Noting motion towards a state or condition.
- Noting accord or adaptation; as an occupation suited to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
- Noting address or compellation, or the direction of a discourse.
All definitions
- Noting attention or application.“Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them” 1 Timothy 4:15
- Noting addition.“Add to your faith, virtue” 2 Peter 1:5
- Noting opposition.
- Noting amount, rising to They met us, to the number of three hundred.
- Noting proportion; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty seven.
- Noting possession or appropriation.
- Noting perception; as a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind.
- Noting the subject of an affirmation.
- In comparison of.
- As far as.
- Noting intention.
- After an adjective, noting the object; as deaf to the cries of distress; alive to the sufferings of the poor.
- Noting obligation; as duty to God and to our parents.
- Noting enmity; as a dislike to spiritus liquors.
- Towards; as, she stretched her arms to heaven.
- Noting effect or end.
- to as a sign of the infinitive, precedes the radical verb.
- It precedes the radical verb after adjectives, noting the object; as ready to go; prompt to obey; quick to hear, but slow to censure.
- It precedes the radical verb, noting the object.
- It precedes the radical verb, noting consequence.
- It notes extent, degree or end.
- After the substantive verb, and with the radical verb, it denotes futurity.
- After have, it denotes duty or necessity.
- To-day, to-night, to-morrow, are peculiar phrases derived from our ancestors. to in the two first, has the sense or force of this; this day, this night.“I withstood him face to face” Galatians 2:11
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.