until

Greek Preposition

μέχρι (bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.12:4; see Bl, § 5, 4) 1) as prep, with genitive, as far as, even to, until; (a) of place: Rom.15:19; (b) of time : Mat.11:23 13:30 28:15, Luk.16:16, Act.10:30 20:7, Rom.5:14, 1Ti.6:14, Heb.3:6, 14 9:10; (with) of measure or degree : Php.2:8, 30, 2Ti.2:9, Heb.12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma.13:14). 2) As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph.4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc, iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI, § 65, 10), Mrk.13:30, Gal.4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv, cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι). (AS)

until

Greek Preposition

μέχρῐ, and μέχρῐς, adverb as far as, so used chiefly in Prose and before a preposition, μέχρι πρός. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ὅποι. [Refs]; μ. ὅπου. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. νῦν (variant{τοῦ νῦν}) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; μέχρι πότε χηρεύομε; [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) preposition with genitive, even to, as far as, II.1) of Place, μέχρι θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely following its case, ὀμφαλοῦ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) of Time, τέο μέχρι; i.e. τίνος μέχρι χρόνο; how long? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέχρις τε; [Refs 7th c.BC+]; μέχρι οὗ, μέχρι ὅσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τοσούτου, ἕως ἂν. [Refs 5th c.BC+] up to my time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τῆς ἐκείνου ζόης till the end of his life, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) of Measure or Degree, μ. τοῦ δικαίου so far as consists with right, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ὑγιείας, μ. ἡδονῆς,[NT] II.4) with Numbers to express a round sum, up to, about, nearly, μ. δώδεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes without altering the case of the substantive, τοὺς μ. τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. τινὸς πλήθους up to a certain number, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, just short of, μ. κόρου μετρεῖσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.5) in [Refs 5th c.BC+] is sometimes used like the simple μέχρι, μέχρι οὗ ὀκτὼ πύργων [Refs] III) as a conjunction, until, with indicative, μέχρι. ὁρμὴ ἐνέπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέχρι ἄν with subjunctive [Refs]; μέχρις κε μένῃ [NT+5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μ. σβεσθῆναι τὸ πῦρ [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.2) as long as, whilst, with indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἄν with subjunctive, μέχρις ἂν ζῶσιν πονεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μέχρι κα ζώη [Refs 2nd c.BC+]—The μετώπο-ι is elided in [Refs] —Cf. ἄχρι throughout and entry near the end

Greek

as far as, i.e. up to a certain point (as a preposition, of extent (denoting the terminus, whereas g891 (ἄχρι) refers especially to the space of time or place intervening) or conjunction); till, (un-)to, until; from g3372 (μῆκος)