G2078: ἔσχατος (éschatos)

G2078 ἔσχατος (éschatos)

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Quick Definition

ἔσχατος, η, ον Adj last, at the last, finally

Strong's Definition

a superlative probably from 2192 (in the sense of contiguity); farthest, final (of place or time)

KJV Usage: ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔσχατος (G2078)

adjc. | -η, -ον

61.13 · Sequence

last, final, finally pertaining to being the last in a series of objects or events

MAT 5:26 · MAT 12:45 · MAT 20:8 · MAT 20:12 · MAT 20:14 · MAT 27:64 · MRK 12:6 · MRK 12:22 · LUK 11:26 · LUK 12:59 · JHN 6:39 · JHN 6:40 · JHN 6:44 · JHN 6:54 · JHN 7:37 · JHN 11:24 · JHN 12:48 · ACT 1:8 · ACT 2:17 · ACT 13:47 · 1CO 4:9 · 1CO 15:8 · 1CO 15:26 · 1CO 15:45 · 1CO 15:52 · 2TI 3:1 · HEB 1:2 · JAS 5:3 · 1PE 1:5 · 1PE 1:20 · 2PE 2:20 · 2PE 3:3 · 1JN 2:18 · 1JN 2:18 · JUD 1:18 · REV 1:17 · REV 2:8 · REV 2:19 · REV 15:1 · REV 21:9 · REV 22:13

87.66 · Status · Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]

lowest, least important, last pertaining to being of the lowest status

MAT 19:30 · MAT 19:30 · MAT 20:16 · MAT 20:16 · MRK 9:35 · MRK 10:31 · MRK 10:31 · LUK 13:30 · LUK 13:30 · LUK 14:9 · LUK 14:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔσχατος, -7, -ov, (ἔτ. ἔχω, ἔσχον adhering, clinging close; [ace. to al. (Curtius § 583 b.) superl. fr. ἐξ, the outermost]), Sept. for }i7N8, MINN; [fr. Hom. down]; eztreme, last in time or in place; 1. joined to nouns:

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔσχατος eschatos 52x

farthest; last, latest, Mt. 12:45; Mk. 12:6; lowest, Mt. 19:30; 20:16; in the lowest plight, 1 Cor. 4:9

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔσχατος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for אַחֲרִית אַחֲרוֹן ;]

last, utmost, extreme;

of place: of the lowest or least honoured place, Lk 14:9, 10; τ. ἔσχατον, c. gen. part., Ac 1:8 13:47;

of time: Mt 20:12, 14, Mk 12:6, 22, opp. to πρῶτος, Mt 20:8, I Co 15:45, Re 2:19, al.; τὰ ἔ. καὶ τ. πρῶτα, Mt 12:45, Lk 11:26, II Pe 2:20; of the Eternal, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔ., Re 1:17 2:8 22:13; in phrases relating to the Messianic age and the consummation of the Kingdom of God: ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου (-ων) τ. ἡμερῶν, He 1:2, II Pe 3:3; τ. χρόνων, I Pe 1:20; ἔ. ὥρα, I Jo 2:18; ἐπ’ ἐ. χόνου, Ju 18; ἐν ἐ. ἡμέραις, Ac 2:17, Ja 5:3, II Ti 3:1; neut., ἔσχατον, as adv., Mk 12:22, I Co 15:8;

of rank: Mk 9:35, I Co 4:9

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔσχατος. For ἔ. with reference to ¢ime cf. P Oxy II. 280% (a.p. 88-9) ἐν δὲ τῷ ἐσχάτῳ ἐνιαυτῷ, P Tebt IT. 375° (A.D. 140) τῷ δὲ πέμπτο (1. τῷ) ἔτι (1. ἔτει) ὅ ἐστιν ἔσχατον eros τῆς μισθώσεως. See also BGU IV. ro24iv-8 (iv/y A.D.) τῆς ἐσχάτης ἐλπίδας (/-—os) ἀποστε[ρ]ῆσαι, and from the inscrr. Michel 326? (ii/B.C.) τῆς ἐσχάτης τοῦ βίου τε[λ]ευτῆς. With τὰ ἔσχατα in Mt 1245 a/., cf. P Vat At (B.c. 168) (= Witkowski, p. 65) τοῦ παιδίου cov els τὰ ἔσχατα ἐληλυθότος. AZiche/ 39434 (mid. 1.8.6.) τῆς πόλ[ε]ως ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ὑπαρχούσης κινδύνοις supports Hort’s rendering of ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ in I Pet 1° ‘in a season of extremity,” ‘““when things are at their worst,’’ for which he adduces various classical exx. For the adverbial ἔσχατον, as in 1 Cor 158, see P Oxy VI. 88674 (iii/a.D.) (= Selections, p. 112) τὸ δὲ ὑπολιπό[μ]εννον ἔσχατον ἀνάγνωτι (/.—6), Syil 879" (end of iii/B.c.) ἐπιτελεῖν δὲ τὰ νόμιμα τοῖς ἀποιχομένοις ἔσχατον ἐν τρισὶ μησίν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔσχατος (eschatos) — last/least. ἔσχᾰτος, η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 4th c.BC+(probably from ἐκ, ἐξ, perhaps eĝhzκατος (compare ἐχθός) like{ἔγ-κατα}):

I. of Space, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+], farthest, uttermost, extreme, θάλαμος ἔ. the hindmost chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]at the end of the lines, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσχατοι ἀνδρῶν, of the Aethiopians, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τάξις ἐ. the farthest part of the army, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἐσχάτων ἐς ἔσχατα ἀπικέσθαι from end to end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in various senses, uppermost, ἐ. πυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lowest, deepest, ἀΐδας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; innermost, σάρκες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; last, hindmost, ἤλαυνε δ᾽ ἔ. [Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ at the close of a document, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

I.2. of Degree, uttermost, highest, τὸ ἔ. κορυφοῦται βασιλεῦσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of misfortunes, sufferings, etc., utmost, last, worst, πόνος, ἀδικία, κίνδυνοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆμος ἔ. extreme democracy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.2. b substantive, τὸ ἔ., τὰ ἔ., the utmost, ἐς τὸ ἔ. κακοῦ ἀπιγμένοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζημιοῦσθαι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐ., Latin extremis suppliciis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσχατ᾽ ἐσχάτων κακά worst of possible evils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative οὔτε γὰρ τοῦ ἐσχάτου -ώτερον εἴη ἄν τι [Refs 4th c.BC+] falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. of Persons, lowest, meanest, [Refs 1st c.BC+] i.e. the meanest of mankind,[Refs 5th c.BC+] it seems to mean the remotest of mankind, compare πρὸς ἐσχάτην Μυσῶν variant in [Refs 1st c.AD+]

I.4. of Time, last, ἐς τὸ ἔ. to the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πλόος, ναυτιλίαι, the end of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ ῥίζας over the last scion of the race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. Ἑλλήνων, Ῥωμαίων, [Refs 1st c.AD+] as adverb, for the last time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; finally, best of all, [NT]; at the latest, ἔ. ἐν τρισὶ μησίν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην at the last, [LXX]; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτῳ[LXX] substantive ἐσχάτη, ἡ, end, οὐχ ἕξεις ἐ. καλήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

I.5. in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+] are the last or lowest species, [Refs]individuals, [Refs]

I.5. b ὁ ἔ. ὅρος the minor term of a syllogism, [Refs]

I.5. c last step in geometrical analysis or ultimate condition of action, τὸ ἔ. ἀρχὴ τῆς πράξεως [Refs]

II. adverb -τως to the uttermost, exceedingly, πῦρ ἐ. καίει [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b -τως διακεῖσθαι to be at the last extremity, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

II.2. so ἐς τὸ ἔ.,=ἐσχάτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]finally, in the end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, τὸ ἔ. what is worst of all, [Refs]