Definition

a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

Where the KJV renders it

• even (until
• unto)
• (as) far (as)
• how long
• (un-)til(-l)
• (hither-
• un-
• up) to
• while(-s)

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.