ἕως

ἕως,

relative particle (Lat. donee, usque),

expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, §321ff.).

I. As conjunction;

1. till, until;

(a) of a fact in past time, with indic.: Matt 2,9, al. (Wis 10,14, al.);

(b) ἕως ἄν, with subjc. aor.: Matt 2,13; 5,18, Mark 6,10, al.; without ἄν (M. Pr., 168f.; Lft., Notes, 115), Mark 14,32 (Burton, §325), Luk 12,59, 2 Thess 2,7, al.;

(with) with indic., present (Burton, §328; BL, §65, 10): Mark 6,45, Joh 21,22, 23 1 Tim 4,13.

2. C. indic., as long as, while (Burton, §327): Joh 9,4 (Plat., Phaedo, 89c).

II. As an adverb (chiefly in late writers).

1. Of time, until, unto;

(a) as prep. with genitive (BL, §40, 6; M, Pr., 99): τ. ἡμέρας, Matt 26,29, Luk 1,80, Rom 11,8, al.; ὥρας, Matt 27,45, al.; τέλους, 1 Kor 1,8, 2 Kor 1,13; τ. νῦν, Matt 24,21, Mark 13,19 (1Ma 2,33); ἐτῶν ὀγ. (Field, Notes, 49f.), Luk 2,37 τ. ἐλθεῖν, ApG 8,40 before names and events, Matt 1,17; 2,15, Luk 11,51, Jak 5,7, al.;

(b) before οὗ, ὅτου, with the force of a conjc. (Burton, §330; M, Pr., 91);

(α) ἕ. οὗ (Hdt., ii, 143; Plut., al.): with indic., Matt 1,25 (WH br., οὗ) 13:33, al.; with subjc. aor., Matt 14,22, al.;

(β) ἔ. ὅτου: with subjc., Luk 13,8 with indic., Matt 5,25 (until), Joh 9,18

(with) with adv. (ἔ. ὀψέ, Thuc, iii, 108): ἄρτι, Matt 11,12, Joh 2,10, 1 Kor 4,13, al.; πότε (M, Pr., 107), Matt 17,17, Mark 9,19, Joh 10,24, al.

2. Of place, as far as, even to, unto (Arist., al.);

(a) as prep. with genitive (see supr.): Mt 1123, Lk 1015, al.;

(b) with adv. (BL, §40, 6): ἄνω, Joh 2,7 ἔσω, Mark 14,54 κάτω, Matt 27,51, Mark 15,38; ὧδε, Luk 23,5

(with) with prep.: ἔξω, ApG 21,5 πρός, Luk 24,50 (Field, Notes, 83).

3. Of quantity, measure, etc.: Matt 18,21, Mark 6,23, Luk 22,51, al.