μέχρι

μέχρι

(bef. consonants, exc. Luk 16,16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Hebr 12,4 see Bl., § 5, 4)

1. as prep., with genitive, as far as, even to, until;

(a) of place: Rom 15,19

(b) of time : Matt 11,23; 13,30; 28,15, Luk 16,16, ApG 10,30; 20,7, Rom 5,14, 1 Tim 6,14, Hebr 3,6, 14; 9,10;

(with) of measure or degree : Fil 2,8, 30, 2 Tim 2,9, Hebr 12,4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma 13,14).

2. As conjunct. (as long as), until: Ef 4,13 μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI., § 65, 10), Mark 13,30, Gal 4,19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv.; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι).†