ἔσχατος eschatos

Greek word for “last/least” · Strong’s G2078 · used 53 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

ἔσχατος, -η, -ον; last, utmost, extreme;

How it is translated

Glosses given for eschatos in context, with how often each is used:

• last 45
• this last 3
• uttermost part 2
• last state 1
• these last 1
• latter 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 20 (4), John 6 (4), 1 Corinthians 15 (4), Mark 12 (2), Luke 14 (2), 1 Peter 1 (2), Revelation 2 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 19 (1)

Forms

• ἔσχατοι 9
• ἐσχάτῃ 8
• ἔσχατον 7
• ἔσχατος 6
• ἐσχάτου 5
• ἔσχατα 4
• ἐσχάτων 4
• ἐσχάτη 3
• ἐσχάταις 3
• ἐσχάτῳ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eschatos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 16
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 14
• ἕως heōs “until” 7
• χείρων cheirōn “worse than” 4
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 5
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 5
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 5
• νεκρός nekros “dead” 4
• ἐμπαίκτης empaiktēs “a mocker” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 5
• τότε tote “then” 4
• ἀποδίδωμι apodidōmi “to pay” 3

Key verses

The verses using eschatos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the…
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
• Acts 2:17 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your…
• Acts 13:47 — For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
• 1 Corinthians 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• 2 Timothy 3:1 — This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
• Hebrews 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• 1 Peter 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 2 Peter 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and…
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.