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ἕως

Conjunction; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕως

Sense

  1. (relative particle, used to express the point of time up to which an action goes) until, till
  2. (mostly at the beginning of a verse in Homer) while, as long as
  3. (in Homer, demonstrative) for a time

Examples

  • ἐν ἱδρῶτι τοῦ προσώπου σου φαγῇ τὸν ἄρτον σου, ἕωσ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι σε εἰσ γὴν γῆν, ἐξ ἧσ ἐλήφθησ, ὅτι γῆ εἶ καὶ εἰσ γῆν ἀπελεύσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:19)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἀπαλείψω τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἐποίησα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆσ γῆσ, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ καὶ ἀπό ἑρπετῶν ἕωσ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι μετεμελήθην ὅτι ἐποίησα αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:7)
  • καὶ ἐξήλειψε πᾶν τὸ ἀνάστημα, ὃ ἦν ἐπί προσώπου τῆσ γῆσ, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ καὶ ἑρπετῶν καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐξηλείφθησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ κατελείφθη μόνοσ Νῶε καὶ οἱ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:23)
  • τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ ἠλαττονοῦτο ἕωσ τοῦ δεκάτου μηνόσ. καὶ ἐν τῷ δεκάτῳ μηνί, τῇ πρώτῃ τοῦ μηνόσ, ὤφθησαν αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ὀρέων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:5)

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