Lexical Definition

‎ἕως‎ héōs (heh'-oce) until ^G:PREP
of uncertain affinity

even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).

• a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)

Abbott-Smith

ἕως, relative particle (Lat. donee, usque),
expressing the terminus ad quem (cf. Burton, § 321 ff.).
I. As conjunction;
1. till, until;
(a) of a fact in past time, c. indic.: Mt 2:9, al. (Wi 10:14, al.);
(b) ἕως ἄν, c. subjc. aor.: Mt 2:13 5:18, Mk 6:10, al.; without ἄν (M. Pr., 168 f.; Lft., Notes, 115), Mk 14:32 (Burton, § 325), Lk 12:59, II Th 2:7, al.;
(c) c. indic., pres. (Burton, § 328; BL, § 65, 10): Mk 6:45, Jo 21:22, 23 I Ti 4:13.
2. C. indic., as long as, while (Burton, § 327): Jo 9:4 (Plat., Phaedo, 89 c).
II. As an adverb (chiefly in late writers).
1. Of time, until, unto;
(a) as prep. c. gen. (BL, § 40, 6; M, Pr., 99): τ. ἡμέρας, Mt 26:29, Lk 1:80, Ro 11:8, al.; ὥρας, Mt 27:45, al.; τέλους, I Co 1:8, II Co 1:13; τ. νῦν, Mt 24:21, Mk 13:19 (I Mac 2:33); ἐτῶν ὀγ. (Field, Notes, 49 f.), Lk 2:37; τ. ἐλθεῖν, Ac 8:40; before names and events, Mt 1:17 2:15, Lk 11:51, Ja 5:7, al.;
(b) seq. οὗ, ὅτου, with the force of a conjc. (Burton, § 330; M, Pr., 91);
(α) ἕ. οὗ (Hdt., ii, 143; Plut., al.): c. indic., Mt 1:25 (WH br., οὗ) 13:33, al.; c. subjc. aor., Mt 14:22, al.;
(β) ἔ. ὅτου: c. subjc., Lk 13:8; c. indic., Mt 5:25 (until), Jo 9:18;
(c) c. adv. (ἕ. ὀψέ, Thuc., iii, 108): ἄρτι, Mt 11:12, Jo 2:10, I Co 4:13, al.; πότε (M, Pr., 107), Mt 17:17, Mk 9:19, Jo 10:24, al.
2. Of place, as far as, even to, unto (Arist., al.);
(a) as prep. c. gen. (v. supr.): Mt 11:23, Lk 10:15, al.;
(b) c. adv. (BL, § 40, 6): ἄνω, Jo 2:7; ἔσω, Mk 14:54; κάτω, Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38; ὧδε, Lk 23:5;
(c) c. prep.: ἔξω, Ac 21:5; πρός, Lk 24:50 (Field, Notes, 83).
3. Of quantity, measure, etc.: Mt 18:21, Mk 6:23, Lk 22:51, al.

Ζ, ζ, ζῆτα, τό,
zeta, the sixth letter. As a numeral, ζ́ʹ = ἑπτά, ἕβδομος (the obsol. ϛ, Ϝ, vau, "digamma," representing ἕξ), ζ́͵ = 7000.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἕως,

__BEpic dialect εἵως, ἧος (see. entry near the end), Doric dialect ἇς, Aeolic dialect ἆς (which see), Boeotian dialect ἇς [Refs], and ἅως [Refs] Relat. Particle, expressing the point of Time up to which an action goes, with reference to the end of the action, until, till; or to its continuance, while:
__B.I until, till,
__B.I.1 with Ind., of a fact in past time, θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, ἧος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν [ἕως ἀποκατέστησε τὰ πράγματα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 27.4: with ">Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect with ἄν in apodosi, of an unaccomplished action, ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ διελεγόμην, ἕ. ἀπέδωκα I would have gone on conversing till I had.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 ἕ. ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of aorist), of an event at an uncertain future time, μαχήσομαι.. ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω till I find, [Refs 8th c.BC+] is sometimes omitted in Trag., ἕ. μάθῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so frequently in later Gr., [NT+2nd c.BC+]
__B.I.3 ἕ. with Opt. (mostly of aorist), relating to an event future in relation to past time, ὦρσε.. Βορέην, ἧος ὃ Φαιήκεσσι.. μιγείη caused it to blow, till he should reach.., [ἕως δέοι βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.102, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.25: ἄν">Refs 8th c.BC+] or κε is added to the Opt. (not to ἕως), if the event is represented as conditional, ἕ. κ᾽ ἀπὸ πάντα δοθείη till (if possible) all things should be given back, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.b in indirect speech, ἔδωκεν.. ἕ. ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.c by assimilation to an optative with ἄν, [λόγον] ἂν διδοίης ἕ. ἔλθοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.4 with subjunctive or optative, expressing purpose, in order that, [ἕως τὸν ἐκεῖ ἐλαιῶνα ποτίσῃς “PFay.” 118.12 (2nd c.AD)">Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπούδασον ἕως οὗ ἀγοράσῃ κτλ. [ἕως ὅτε δυνηθῶ ἀγοράσαι [prev. work] 130.13 (6th c.AD). ">Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.I.5 with Inf. in indirect speech, ἐντειλάμενος διεκπλέειν ἕ... ἀπικνέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: otherwise only in later Gr., ἕ. ἐλθεῖν ἐς.. [LXX+1st c.BC+]
__B.I.6 with adverbs of Time and Place, ἕ. ὅτε till the time when, with indicative, variant for{ἔστε} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. οὗ, falsa lectio for{ἐς οὗ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in later Gr., Gem.[same place], [NT]; ἕ. πότ; how long[LXX+NT]; ἕ. ὀψέ till late, falsa lectio for{ἐς ὀψέ}, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἕ. ὧδε as far as this place, [NT]
__B.I.6.b with Preps., of Time, ἕ. πρὸς καλὸν ἑῷον ἀστέρα[Refs]; of Place, ἕ. εἰς τὸν χάρακα [NT+2nd c.BC+]
__B.II as preposition,
__B.II.1 of Time, with genitive, until, ἕως τοῦ ἀποτεῖσαι until he has made payment, Legal cited in [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἕ. τινός for a time, [NT+1st c.BC+]
__B.II.1.b of Place, ἕ. τοῦ γενέσθαι.. up to the point where.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as far as, ἕ. Σάρδεων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἕ. τοῦ Ἀρσινοΐτου νομοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἕ. Φοινίκης [LXX+NT]
__B.II.1.c of Number or Degree, ἕ. τριῶν πλοίων Docum. cited in [LXX+4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔστιν ἕ. ἑνός[LXX+2nd c.BC+]; ἐᾶτε ἕ. τούτου [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἕ. μέθης [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B.II.2 rarely with accusative, ἕ. πρωΐ [LXX+1st c.AD+]; ἕ. τὸ βωμῷ down to the word “βωμῷ”, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III while, so long as, with indicative, ἧος ἐνὶ Τροίῃ πολεμίζομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕ. δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἔμφρων εἰμί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕ. ἔτι ἐλπὶς [ἦν] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by τόφρα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; by δέ alone,[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III.b ἕ. ἄν c.subjunctive, when the whole action is future, οὔ μοι.. ἐλπίς, ἕ. ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ [ἕως ἂν ἐῶσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85b; οὐδὲν ἔστ᾽ αὐτῷ βεβαίως ἔχειν ἕ. ἂν ὑμεῖς δημοκρατῆσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.13. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III.c ἕως with optative in a Conditional relative clause, φήσομεν μηδὲν ἂν μεῖζον μηδὲ ἔλαττον γενέσθαι ἕ. ἴσον εἴη αὐτὸ ἐαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B in [Refs 8th c.BC+], for a time, ἧος μὲν.. ὄρνυον· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; all that time, [ἕως">Refs 8th c.BC+], as iambus, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a monosyllable, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; when the first syllable is to be long codices [ἕως (never εἷος or ἧος, Ludwich “WkP” 1890.512">Refs 8th c.BC+], except ειος variant [ἕως) is found even when the metre requires a trochee, 1.193, +others">Refs 8th c.BC+]; comparison of Doric dialect ἇς (from *ἇος) with Attic dialect-Ionic dialect ἕως points to early Ionic dialect *ἧος (cf. Sanskrit yāvat 'as great as, as long as, until') and this should probably be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare τέως.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.14.32 ☩ LXX.Gen.10.19 ☩ Matt.1.25 ☩ John.10.24 ☩ LXX.Neh.2.16 ☩ 1John.2.9 ☩ Luke.23.5 ☩ Acts.17.14 ☩ LXX.Gen.3.19 ☩ Matt.24.21 ☩ Acts.11.19 ☩ Luke.4.42 ☩ LXX.Ps.13.3* ☩ Luke.22.51 ☩ LXX.Judg.19.25}