Lexical Definition

‎ἄχρι‎ áchri (akh'-ree) until G:PREP
akin to ‎ἄκρον‎ (through the idea of a terminus)

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

Usage: 3 forms in 52 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἄχρισ until Gal.3.19 • Rev.2.25
while Heb.3.13
ἄχρι as far as Acts.11.5 • Acts.13.6 • Acts.22.4 • Acts.28.15 • 1Cor.4.11 • 2Cor.10.13 • 2Cor.10.14 • Heb.4.12
as high as Rev.14.20 • Rev.18.5
during Acts.13.11
to Mark.16.8
until Matt.24.38 • Luke.1.20 • Luke.4.13 • Luke.17.27 • Luke.21.24 • Acts.1.2 • Acts.3.21 • Acts.7.18 • Acts.20.4 • Acts.20.11 • Acts.22.22 • Acts.27.33 • Rom.1.13 • Rom.5.13 • Rom.8.22 • Rom.11.25 • 1Cor.11.26 • 1Cor.15.25 • 2Cor.3.14 • Gal.4.2 • Phil.1.5 • Phil.1.6 • Rev.2.26 • Rev.7.3 • Rev.15.8 • Rev.17.17 • Rev.20.3 • Rev.20.5
unto Acts.2.29 • Acts.23.1 • Acts.26.22 • Heb.6.11 • Rev.2.10 • Rev.12.11
within Acts.20.6
άχρι as far as LXX.Gen.44.28 • LXX.Job.32.11

Abbott-Smith

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).†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 24:38
Luke 1:20 · 4:13 · 17:27 · 21:24
Acts 1:2 · 1:22 · 2:29 · 3:21 · 7:18 · 11:5 · 13:6 · 13:11 · 20:4 · 20:6 · 20:11 · 22:4 · 22:22 · 23:1 · 26:22 · 27:33 · 28:15
Romans 1:13 · 5:13 · 8:22 · 11:25
1 Corinthians 4:11 · 11:26 · 15:25
2 Corinthians 3:14 · 10:13 · 10:14
Galatians 3:19 · 4:2
Philippians 1:5 · 1:6
Hebrews 3:13 · 4:12 · 6:11
Revelation 2:10 · 2:25 · 2:26 · 7:3 · 12:11 · 14:20 · 15:8 · 17:17 · 18:5 · 20:3 · 20:5

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄχρι

and ἄχρις (see. entry near the end):

__I adverb to the uttermost, τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν[ἄχρις ἄραξε 16.324, compare 17.599. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 after [ἄχρι εἰς Κοτύωρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4; ἄ. ἐς ποταμόν “Tab.Heracl.” 1.17">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄχρι πρὸς τὸν σκοπόν, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [ἄχρις ἐπ᾽ ἄκνηστιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1403; ἐπ᾽ ὀστέον “IG” 12(7).115.9 (from Amorgos)">Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν[ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.177; ἄχρι ὑπὸ τὴν πυγήν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 27.4">Refs 4th c.BC+]: less frequently after the Noun, ἐς τέλος ἄχρις[ἄχρι.. θρόνον ἦλθεν “IG” 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus): with an ">Refs 1st c.BC+]adverb, ἄχρι πόρρω still farther, [ἄχρι δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.401. ">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, [ἄχρι τῆς τήμερον ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἄχρι τῆς τελευτῆς [prev. author] 18.179; ἄχρι γήρως 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 2">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄχρι δὲ τούτου until then, [ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν 2nd c.BC: Timostratus Comicus 1, NT.Rom.8.22; ἄχρι νῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 39, LXX.Gen.44.28; ἄχρι παντός ">NT+6th c.BC+]continually, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 of Space, as far as, even to, ἄχρι τῆς ἐσόδου τοῦ ἱροῦ[ἄχρι τῆς καρδίας “Comica Adespota” 475; ἄχρις ἥπατος 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 101a, compare 100e; ἄχρι τῆς πόλεως 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.43; ἄ. τοῦ δεῦρο 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.676">Refs 5th c.BC+]: after its case, ἰνίου ἄχρις[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 of Measure or Degree, ἄχρι τούτου up to this point, [ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.37; ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.77; ἄ. θανάτου NT.Acts.22.4; ἄχρι τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον δοξοκοπίας Polystr. p.19 W. ">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 ἐγράφετο[ἄχρις ὅτου “epigram Gr.” 314.24 (from Smyrna)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄχρι οὗ ἄν or ἄχρι ἄν with Subj., ἄχρι ἂν σχολάσῃ till he should be at leisure, [ἄχρις οὗ ἂν δοκέῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 3; ἄχρις ἂν αἱ ἡμέραι παρέλθωσιν [prev. author] “Int.” 40">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄχρι ἂν ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές [ἡ ἱστορία] [ἄχρις ῥεύσῃ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.47">Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἄχρι οὗ τελευτήσῃ (variant{-σει}) [ἄχρι οὗ ἐπιλάμψῃ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 17">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄχρι ἄν, c.infinitive, Epist.[Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive only, ἄχρις ἱκέσθαι ὀστέον[Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III.2 of Space, so far as, διώξας, ἄχρι οὗ ἀσφαλὲς ᾤετο εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with subjunctive, αὐξάνεται εἰς μῆκος, ἄχρι οὗ δὴ ἐφίκηται τοῦ ἡλίου[Refs 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 [ἄχρι, μέχρι,">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 [ἄχρις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 179.">Refs 4th c.BC+] —Never in Trag. (ἄχρι, ={ṃṃ-χρι}, compare μέχρι.)

LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.8.22 ☩ LXX.Gen.44.28 ☩ Acts.22.4