Strong’s G3360 · Greek

μέχρι
méchri

Definition

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)

Etymology

from G3372 (μῆκος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • till
  • (un-)to
  • until

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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