Strong’s G2078 · Greek

ἔσχατος
éschatos

Definition

farthest, final (of place or time)

Etymology

a superlative probably from G2192 (ἔχω) (in the sense of contiguity);

Where the KJV renders it

  • ends of
  • last
  • latter end
  • lowest
  • uttermost

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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