Quick Definition
ἕως Adv until, as far as
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
KJV Usage: even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.), conj.
67.119 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From
until, to, at last, at length the continuous extent of time up to a point The phrase εἰ μὴ ὅταν is often translated as ‘until’ (for example, μηδενὶ ἅ εἶδον διηγήσωνταιεἰ μὴ ὅταν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ ‘not to tell anybody what they have seen until the Son of Man has risen from death’ MRK 9:9), but this phrase may be analyzed as meaning ‘if it is not when,’ an expression which is semantically equivalent to ‘until.’
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67.139 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout
as long as, while an extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time
84.19 · Spacial Extensions · Extension To a Goal
to, up to, as far as extension up to or as far as a goal
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78.51 · Degree · Up To, As Much As, To the Degree That [Marked Extent of Degree]
to the point of, to the extent of, to the degree that, up to a degree extending to a particular point as marked by the context In a number of languages it is difficult to express in a succinct manner a degree which reaches to a particular point. The same meaning, however, may often be expressed in a somewhat different form. For example, in MAT 26:38 one may translate ‘my soul is very sorrowful; it is just as though I were dying.’
59.21 · Quantity · Much, Little [Masses, Collectives, Extensions]
as much as, up to the extent of a quantity In a number of languages it may be necessary to restructure somewhat the expression ‘up to half of my kingdom,’ for example, ‘I will give you half of my kingdom but not more than half.’
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67.139 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout
Collocation: ἕως ὅτου
as long as, while an extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time
1 ἕως, ἄχρι, and μέχρι frequently occur with a postposed marker of indefinite temporal reference: οὗ, occurring with all three markers, and ὅτου with ἕως. 2 It is probable that ἕως[c], ἄχρι[c], and μέχρι[b] differ slightly in meaning, but this cannot be readily determined from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἕως, a particle marking a limit, and I. as a ConsuNcTION signifying 1. the temporal terminus ad quem, (ill, until, (Lat. donec, usque dum); asin the best writ. a. with an indie. pret., where something is spoken of which continued up to a certain time: Mt. ii. 9 (€s. . . ἔστη [ἐστάθη L T TrW11)) ; xxiv. 39, (1 Mace. x. 50; Sap. x. 14, ete.). ὍὌ. with ἄν and the aor. subjune. (equiv. to the Lat. fut. perf.), where it is left doubtful when that will take place till which it is said a thing will continue [ef. W. § 42, 5]: ἴσθι ἐκεῖ, ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι, Mt. ii. 13; add, v. 18; x. 11; xxii. 44; Mk. vi. 10; xii. 36; Lk. xvii.8; xx.43; Actsii.35; Heb. i. 13; after a negative sentence: Mt. v. 18, 26; x. 23 [T WH om. ἄν]; xii. 20; xvi. 28; xxiii. 39; xxiv. 34; Mk. ix. 1; Lk. ix. 27; xxi. 32; 1 Co.iv.5; with the aor. subj. without the addition of dv: Mk. vi. 45 RG; xiv. 32 [here Tr mrg.fut.]; Lk.xv.4; [xii. 59TTr WH; xxii. 34 L T Tr WH]; 2 Th. ii. 7; Heb. x. 13; Rev. vi. 11 [Ree. ἕως οὗ; οὐκ ἀνέζησαν ἕως τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, did not live again till the thousand years had been finished (elapsi Suerint), Rev. xx.5 Ree. Cf. W.§ 41b. 8. ec. rarely used with the indic. pres. where the aor. subj. might have been expected [ W. u. s.; B. 231 (199)]: so four times ἕως ἔρχομαι, Lk. xix. 13 (where L T Tr WH ἐν ᾧ for as, but ef. Bleek ad loc.) ; Jn. xxi. 22 sq.; 1 Tim. iv. 13; ἕως ἀπολύει, Mk. vi. 451, Τ Tr WH, for R G ἀπολύσῃ (the indie. being due to a blending of dir. and indir. dise.; as in Plut. Lycurg. 29, 3 δεῖν οὖν ἐκείνους ἐμμένειν τοῖς Kabeστῶσι νόμοις... ἕως ἐπάνεισιν). A. once with the indie. fut., ace. to an improbable reading in Lk. xiii. 35: ἕως ἥξει Tdf., ἕως ἂν ἥξει Lehm., for RG ἕως ἂν ἥξη; [but WH (omitting ἂν ἥξη ὅτε) read ἕως εἴπητε; Tr om. ἄν and br. y- 6.; cf. B. 231 (199) sq.]. 2. as in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, as long as, while, foll. by the indie. in all tenses, —in the N. T. only in the pres. : ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν, Jn. ix. 4 [Tr mrg. WH mrg. os]; ἕως (LT Tr WH ὡς) τὸ φῶς ἔχετε, In. xii. 35 sq., (Ews ἔτι φῶς ἐστιν, Plat. Phaedo p. 89 c.) ; [Mk. vi. 45 (cf. c. above)]. II. By a usage chiefly later it gets the force of an Apverp, Lat. usque ad; and 1. used of a tempomore ral terminus ἃ ἃ quem, until, (unto); a. like a preposition, w. a gen. of time [W. § 54, 6; B. 319 (274)]: ἕως αἰῶνος, Lk. i. 55 Grsb. (Ezek. xxv. 15 Alex.; 1 Chr. xvii. 16; Sir. xvi. 26 Fritz.; xxiv. 9, ete.); τῆς ἡμέρας, Mt. xxvi. 29; xxvii. 64; Lk. i. 80; Acts i, 22 [Tdf. ἄχρι]; to. xi. 8, ete.; ὥρας, Mt. xxvii. 45; Mk. xv. 33; Lk. xxiii. 14; τῆς πεντηκοστῆς, 1 Co. xvi. 8; τέλους, 1 Co.i. 8; 2 Co. i. 135 τῆς σήμερον sc. ἡμέρας, Mt. xxvii. 8; τοῦ νῦν, Mt. xxiv. 21; Mk. xiii. 19, (1 Mace. ii. 33); χήρα ἕως ἐτῶν dySonx. τεσσάρων a widow (who had attained) even unto eighty-four years, Lk. ii. 37 LT Tr WH); before the names of illustrious men by which a period of time is marked: Mt. i.17; xi. 13; Lk. xvi.16 (where T Tr WH μέχρι); Acts xiii. 20; before the names of events: Mt. i. 17 (€ws μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος) : ii. 153 xxiii. 35; xxvill. 20; Lk. xi. 51; Jas. v. 7; ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν, Acts vili. 40 [B. 266 (228); ef. W. § 44.6; Judith i. 10; xi. 19, ete.]. ὍὌ. with the gen. of the neut. rel. pron. οὗ or ὅτου it gets the force of a conjunction, until, till (the time when); a. ἕως οὗ (first in Hdt. 2, 143; but after that only in later auth., as Plut. et al. [W. 296 (278) note; B. 230 sq. (199) ]): foll. by the indic., Mt. i. 25 [WH br. od]; xiii. 33; Lk. xiii. 21; Acts xxi. 26 [Β.]. 9.1; foll. by the subj. aor., equiv. to Lat. fut. pf., Mt. xiv. 22; xxvi. 36 (where WH br. οὗ and Lehm. has ἕως οὗ av); Lk. xii. 50 [Rec.; xv. 8 Tr WIL]; xxiv. 49; Acts xxv. 21; 2 Pet. i. 19; after a negative sentence, Mt. xvii. 9; Lk. xii. 59 [RGL; xxii. 18 Tr WH]; Jn. xiii. 38; Acts xxiii. 12, 14,21. β. ἕως ὅτου, aa. until, till (the time when): foll. by the indie., Jn. ix. 18; foll. by the subj. (without av), Lk. xiii. 8; xv. 8[RGLT); after a negation, Lk. xxii. 16, 18[RGLT]. ββ. as long as, whilst (Cant. i. 12), foll. by the indic. pres., Mt. v. 25 (see ἄχρι, 1 ἃ. fin.). c. before adverbs of time (rarely so in the earlier and more elegant writ., as ἕως ὀψέ, Thue. 3, 108; [ef. W. § 54, 6 fin.; B. 820 (275)]): ἔως ἄρτι, up to this time, until now [ Vig. ed. Herm. p. 388], Mt. xi. 12; Jn. ii. 10; v. 17; xvi. 24; 1Jn.ii.9; 1Co.iv.13; viii. 7; xv.63 éws πότε; how long? Mt. xvii. 17; Mk. ix. 19; Lk. ix. 41; Jn. x. 24; Rev. vi. 10, (Ps. xii. (xiii.) 2 54.; 2S. ii. 26; 1 Mace. vi. 22); ἕως σήμερον, 2 Co. iii. 15. 2. ace. to a usage dating fr. Aristot. down, employed of the local terminus ad quem, unto, as far as, even to; 8. like a prep., with a gen. of place [W. § 54, 6; B. 319 (274)]: ἕως ἅδου, ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Mt. xi. 23; Lk. x. 15; add, Mt. xxiv. 313; xxvi. 58; Mk. xiii. 27; Lk. ii. 15; iv. 29; Acts i. 8; xi. 19, 22; xvii. 15; xxiii. 23; 2Co. xii. 2; with gen. of pers., fo the place where one is: Lk. iv. 42; Acts ix. 38, (ἕως Ὑπερβορέων, ΔΕ]. v.h. 3,18). b. with adverbs of place [W. and B. as in ec. above]: ἕως ἄνω, Jn. ii. 7; ἕως ἔσω, Mk. xiv. 54; ἕως κάτω, Mt. xxvii. 51; Mk. xv. 88; ἕως ὧδε, Lk. xxiii. 5 [ef. W. § 66, 1 ¢.]. c. with prepositions: ἕως ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, Acts xxi. 5; ἕως eis, Lk. xxiv. 50 [RGLmrg., but Ltxt.T Tr WH ἕως πρός as far as to (Polyb. 3, 82,6; 12,17,4; Gen. Xxxvili. 1)]; Polyb. 1, 11, 14; Ael. v. ἢ. 12, 22. 3. of the limit (terminus) of quantity; with an adv. of number: ἕως ἑπτάκις, Mt. xviii. 21; with numerals: Mt.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἕως heōs 146x
can function as an improper prep., while, as long as, Jn. 9:4; until, Mt. 2:9; Lk. 15:4; as also in NT ἕως οὗ, ἕως ὅτου, Mt. 5:18, 26; ἕως ἄρτι, until now, Mt. 11:12; ἕως πότε, until when, how long, Mt. 17:17; ἕως σήμερον, until this day, to this time, 2 Cor. 3:15; as a prep. of time, until, Mt. 24:21; of place, unto, even to, Mt. 11:23; Lk. 2:15; ἕως ἄνω, to the brim, Jn. 2:7; ἕως εἰς, even to, as far as, Lk. 24:50; ἕως κάτω, to the bottom; ἕως ὥδε, to this place, Lk. 23:5; of state, unto, even to, Mt. 26:38; of number, even, so much as, Rom. 3:12, et al. freq.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ζ, ζ, ζῆτα, τό, zeta, the sixth letter. As a numeral, ζ́ʹ = ἑπτά, ἕβδομος (the obsol. ϛ, Ϝ, vau, "digamma," representing ἕξ), ζ́͵ = 7000.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἕως (heōs) — until. ἕως,
__BEpic dialect εἵως, ἧος (see. entry near the end), Doric dialect ἇς, Aeolic dialect ἆς (which see), Boeotian dialect ἇς [Refs], and ἅως [Refs] Relat. Particle, expressing the point of Time up to which an action goes, with reference to the end of the action, until, till; or to its continuance, while: __B.I until, till, __B.I.1 with Ind., of a fact in past time, θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, ἧος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect with ἄν in apodosi, of an unaccomplished action, ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ διελεγόμην, ἕ. ἀπέδωκα I would have gone on conversing till I had.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.I.2 ἕ. ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of aorist), of an event at an uncertain future time, μαχήσομαι.. ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω till I find, [Refs 8th c.BC+] is sometimes omitted in Trag., ἕ. μάθῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so frequently in later Gr., [NT+2nd c.BC+] __B.I.3 ἕ. with Opt. (mostly of aorist), relating to an event future in relation to past time, ὦρσε.. Βορέην, ἧος ὃ Φαιήκεσσι.. μιγείη caused it to blow, till he should reach.., [Refs 8th c.BC+] or κε is added to the Opt. (not to ἕως), if the event is represented as conditional, ἕ. κ᾽ ἀπὸ πάντα δοθείη till (if possible) all things should be given back, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.3.b in indirect speech, ἔδωκεν.. ἕ. ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.I.3.c by assimilation to an optative with ἄν, [λόγον] ἂν διδοίης ἕ. ἔλθοις [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.I.4 with subjunctive or optative, expressing purpose, in order that, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπούδασον ἕως οὗ ἀγοράσῃ κτλ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.I.5 with Inf. in indirect speech, ἐντειλάμενος διεκπλέειν ἕ... ἀπικνέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: otherwise only in later Gr., ἕ. ἐλθεῖν ἐς.. [LXX+1st c.BC+] __B.I.6 with adverbs of Time and Place, ἕ. ὅτε till the time when, with indicative, variant for{ἔστε} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. οὗ, falsa lectio for{ἐς οὗ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later Gr., Gem.[same place], [NT]; ἕ. πότ; how long[LXX+NT]; ἕ. ὀψέ till late, falsa lectio for{ἐς ὀψέ}, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἕ. ὧδε as far as this place, [NT] __B.I.6.b with Preps., of Time, ἕ. πρὸς καλὸν ἑῷον ἀστέρα[Refs]; of Place, ἕ. εἰς τὸν χάρακα [NT+2nd c.BC+] __B.II as preposition, __B.II.1 of Time, with genitive, until, ἕως τοῦ ἀποτεῖσαι until he has made payment, Legal cited in [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἕ. τινός for a time, [NT+1st c.BC+] __B.II.1.b of Place, ἕ. τοῦ γενέσθαι.. up to the point where.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as far as, ἕ. Σάρδεων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἕ. τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἕ. Φοινίκης [LXX+NT] __B.II.1.c of Number or Degree, ἕ. τριῶν πλοίων Docum. cited in [LXX+4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔστιν ἕ. ἑνός[LXX+2nd c.BC+]; ἐᾶτε ἕ. τούτου [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἕ. μέθης [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.II.2 rarely with accusative, ἕ. πρωΐ [LXX+1st c.AD+]; ἕ. τὸ βωμῷ down to the word “βωμῷ”, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III while, so long as, with indicative, ἧος ἐνὶ Τροίῃ πολεμίζομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕ. δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἔμφρων εἰμί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕ. ἔτι ἐλπὶς [ἦν] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by τόφρα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by δέ alone,[Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.III.b ἕ. ἄν c.subjunctive, when the whole action is future, οὔ μοι.. ἐλπίς, ἕ. ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.c ἕως with optative in a Conditional relative clause, φήσομεν μηδὲν ἂν μεῖζον μηδὲ ἔλαττον γενέσθαι ἕ. ἴσον εἴη αὐτὸ ἐαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B in [Refs 8th c.BC+], for a time, ἧος μὲν.. ὄρνυον· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; all that time, [Refs 8th c.BC+], as iambus, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a monosyllable, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; when the first syllable is to be long codices [Refs 8th c.BC+], except ειος variant [Refs 8th c.BC+]; comparison of Doric dialect ἇς (from *ἇος) with Attic dialect-Ionic dialect ἕως points to early Ionic dialect *ἧος (cf. Sanskrit yāvat 'as great as, as long as, until') and this should probably be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare τέως.)