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ἕως heōs

Greek word for “until” · Strong’s G2193 · used 147 times in 138 verses

New Testament15 booksMost often in Matthew (49)

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Meaning

ἕως; relative particle (Lat.

How it is translated

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

until 116
to 7
up to 5
unto 4
far as 4
while 3
the 3
until the 2
before 1
only as far as 1
much as 1

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Matthew	49	2.7
Luke	28	1.4
Acts	22	1.2
Mark	15	1.3
John	11	0.7
1 Corinthians	6	0.9
2 Corinthians	3	0.7
Hebrews	3	0.6
Romans	2	0.3
James	2	1.1
Revelation	2	0.2
2 Thessalonians	1	1.2

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 24 (5), Matthew 18 (4), Matthew 26 (4), Matthew 27 (4), Mark 14 (4), Luke 22 (4), Acts 23 (4), Matthew 2 (3), Matthew 5 (3), Matthew 11 (3)

Forms

ἕως 147

Words used with it

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

Key verses

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

Matthew 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 23:35 — That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew…
Matthew 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
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 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.
Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed…
1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
2 Corinthians 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one…
James 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it,…
2 Peter 1:19 — We 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…
Revelation 6:10 — And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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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.