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Greekἄχρις (achris)
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achris

Strong’sG891

as far as, up to, until

stem achri-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 booksnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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;
(c) of measure or degree: ἄ. θανάτου, Ac 22:4, Re 2:10 12:11.
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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἄχρι
and ἄχρις (see. entry near the end):
I adverb to the uttermost, τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησενRefs 8th c.BC+
I.2 after Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶνRefs 4th c.BC+: less frequently after the Noun, ἐς τέλος ἄχριςRefs 1st c.BC+adverb, ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II preposition with genitive, even to, as far as,
II.1 of Time, until, ἄχρι μάλα κνέφαος until deep in the night, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, NT+6th c.BC+continually, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 of Space, as far as, even to, ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦRefs 5th c.BC+: after its case, ἰνίου ἄχριςRefs 3rd c.BC+
II.3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, NT+5th c.BC+
III as conjunction, ἄχρι, ἄχρις with or without οὗ,
III.1 of Time, until, so long as, ἄχρι οὗ ὅδε ὁ λόγος ἐγράφετοRefs 5th c.BC+; ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (variant{-σει}) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄχρι ἄν, c.infinitive, Epist.Refs 1st c.BC+: with infinitive only, ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέονRefs 4th c.AD+
III.2 of Space, so far as, διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναιRefs 5th c.BC+: with subjunctive, αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίουRefs 4th c.BC+; compare μέχρι throughout. —Epic dialect poets use ἄχρι or ἄχρις, as the metre requires: in Ionic dialect μέχρι is preferred (see. above): but ἄχρι, -ις are more common in Refs 8th c.BC+ before both consonants and vowels,Refs 2nd c.AD+; and so in Attic dialect Inscrr. (where it is somewhat less frequently than μέχρι): ἄχρι ἄν with hiatus in Refs 4th c.BC+ —Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, ={ṃṃ-χρι}, compare μέχρι.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

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Where it appears

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2 occurrences, every one of them listed

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Galatians 3:19… tos nomos? taiu parabasiaiu charin prostithita, achris hou erchateia tem spermem he epangelotē, …… It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to …

Hebrews 3:13alla parakalavōr heautoin kata hekastan hēmeran, achris hou tem Sēmeron kalotō, hina mē …But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that …