Definition

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

Etymology

a primary preposition;

Where the KJV renders it

• (abundant-)ly
• against
• among
• as
• at
• (back-)ward
• before
• by
• concerning
• + continual
• + far more exceeding
• for (intent
• purpose)
• fore
• + forth
• in (among
• unto
• -so much that
• -to)
• to the intent that
• + of one mind
• + never
• of
• (up-)on
• + perish
• + set at one again
• (so) that
• therefore(-unto)
• throughout
• til
• to (be
• the end
• -ward)
• (here-)until(-to)
• …ward
• (where-)fore
• with

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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