Midvash

ἕωςhéōs

expressing the terminus ad quem.

Greek (New Testament) · G2193

Meanings

I. As

1. till, until

(a) of a fact in past time, with indicative: Matthew 2:9, and elsewhere (Wisdom 10:14, and elsewhere)

(b) ἕως ἄν, with subjunctive aorist: Matthew 2:13, Matthew 5:18, Mark 6:10, and elsewhere; without ἄν, Mark 14:32, Luke 12:59, 2 Thessalonians 2:7, and elsewhere

(c) with indicative, present: Mark 6:45, John 21:22, John 21:23, 1 Timothy 4:13.

2. C. indic., as long as, while: John 9:4.

II. As an (chiefly in late writers).

1. Of time, until, unto

(a) as with genitive: τ. ἡμέρας, Matthew 26:29, Luke 1:80, Romans 11:8, and elsewhere; ὥρας, Matthew 27:45, and elsewhere; τέλους, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:13; τ. νῦν, Matthew 24:21, Mark 13:19 (1 Maccabees 2:33); ἐτῶν ὀγ., Luke 2:37; τ. ἐλθεῖν, Acts 8:40; before names and events, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:15, Luke 11:51, James 5:7, and elsewhere

(b) followed by οὗ, ὅτου, with the force of a

(α) ἕ. οὗ: with indicative, Matthew 1:25 Matthew 13:33, and elsewhere; with subjunctive aorist, Matthew 14:22, and elsewhere

(β) ἔ. ὅτου: with subjunctive, Luke 13:8; with indicative, Matthew 5:25 (until), John 9:18

(c) c.: ἄρτι, Matthew 11:12, John 2:10, 1 Corinthians 4:13, and elsewhere; πότε, Matthew 17:17, Mark 9:19, John 10:24, and elsewhere

2. Of place, as far as, even to, unto

(a) as with genitive (see above): Matthew 11:23, Luke 10:15, and elsewhere

(b) c. (BL, § 40, 6): ἄνω, John 2:7; ἔσω, Mark 14:54; κάτω, Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38; ὧδε, Luke 23:5

(c) with: ἔξω, Acts 21:5; πρός, Luke 24:50.

3. Of quantity, measure, etc.: Matthew 18:21, Mark 6:23, Luke 22:51, and elsewhere

Where it appears

Appears 146 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
  • Matthew 1:25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
  • Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
  • Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
  • Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
  • Matthew 5:18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.