μέχρι
(bef. consonants, exc. Luk.16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk, Ga, ll. with, Heb.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 : Mat.11:23 13:30 28:15, Luk.16:16, Act.10:30 20:7, Rom.5:14, 1Ti.6:14, Heb.3:6, 14 9:10;
__(with) of measure or degree : Php.2:8, 30, 2Ti.2:9, Heb.12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. 2Ma.13:14).
__2. As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph.4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more frequently μ. ἄν see BI., § 65, 10), Mrk.13:30, Gal.4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usgue, before prep. or adv.; LS, see word, and cf. ἄχρι).†
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