preposition

achris

Greekἄχρις (achris)

Strong’sG891

as far as, up to, until

stem achri-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

as long as1×until1×

What it means

ἄχρι

(and Epic ἄχρις, bef. vowel (v. MM, s.v.), Ro 11:25 T, Ga 3:19 T, WH, mg., He 3:13);

1. adv., utterly (Hom.).

2. Prep. c. gen., until, unto, as far as;

(a) of time: Ac 3:21 22:22, Ro 1:13 5:13, I Co 4:11, II Co 3:14, Ga 4:2, Phl 1:6; ἄ. καιροῦ, Lk 4:13, Ac 13:11; ἄ. ἧς ἡμέρας, Mt 24:38, Lk 1:20 17:27, Ac 1:2 (τῆς ἡ. ἧς), Ac 1:22; ἄ. ταύτης τ. ἡμέρας (τ. ἡ. ταύτης), Ac 2:29 23:1 26:22; ἄ. ἡμερῶν πέντε, Ac 20:6; ἄ. αὐγῆς, Ac 20:11; ἄ. τοῦ νῦν, Ro 8:22, Phl 1:5; ἄ. τέλους, He 6:11, Re 2:26;

(b) of space: Ac 11:5 13:6 20:4 (R, txt., WH, mg.) 28:15, II Co 10:13, 14, He 4:12, Re 14:20 18:5;

3. As conj., until;

(a) ἄχρι alone: c. subj. aor., Ga 3:19 (ἄ. οὗ T, WH, mg.); id. without ἄν (Bl., § 65, 10), Re 7:3 15:8 20:3, 5; c. indic. fut., Re 17:17;

(b) ἄ. οὗ (i.e. ἄ. τούτου ᾧ): c. indic. aor., Ac 7:18; impf., 27:33; c. subj. aor. (Bl., ut supr.), Lk 21:24, Ro 11:25, I Co 11:26 15:25, Ga 3:19, T, WH, mg.; id. with ἄν, Re 2:25; c. indic. pres., while, He 3:13 (cf. μέχρι).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G891 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidakh'-ree

(of time) until or (of place) up to

Fromakin to G206 (through the idea of a terminus);

King Jamesas far as, for, in(-to), till, (even, un-)to, until, while.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Words built on the same stem

achri — ἄχρι, as far as, up to, until

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

achris2×

Galatians 3:19“until”Tinem oun tos nomos? taiu parabasiaiu charin prostithita, achris hou erchateia tem spermem he epangellitē, diatassiratos dia angeloiu en cheira mesitou;Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

Hebrews 3:13“as long as”alla parakalavōr heautoin kata hekastan hēmeran, achris hou tem Sēmeron kalitō, hina mē sklēruniteia tinos ek vu apata tau hamartau;But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.