μέχρι mechri

Greek word for “until” · Strong’s G3360 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

μέχρι; (bef. consonants, exc., μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef.

How it is translated

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

• until 11
• unto 5
• to 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Philippians 2 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 13 (1), Luke 16 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 20 (1), Romans 5 (1), Romans 15 (1), Galatians 4 (1)

Forms

• μέχρι 14
• μέχρις 3

Words used with it

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

• θάνατος thanatos “death” 3
• σήμερον sēmeron “today” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 3
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 2
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 11:23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in…
• Luke 16:16 — The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
• Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his…
• Romans 15:19 — Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel…
• Galatians 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
• Ephesians 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of…
• Philippians 2:8 — And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• Philippians 2:30 — Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
• 1 Timothy 6:14 — That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Timothy 2:9 — Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
• Hebrews 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Hebrews 9:10 — Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

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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.