mechri · until, as far as

What it means

mechri (μέχρι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “until, as far as”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Reaching a time or limit: "unto death".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• until ×10
• to ×3
• point of ×2
• as far as ×1
• even to ×1
• up to ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×2
• Romans×2
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×3

• Matthew 11:23

  And you, Capernaum, you will not be exalted to heaven, will you? To Hades you will go down; for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

• Matthew 13:30

  Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the darnel first and tie it in bundles to burn it, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

• Matthew 28:15

  And they took the money and did as they had been instructed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

• Mark 13:30

  Truly I tell you that this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things happen.

• Luke 16:16

  The law and the prophets were until John; since then the kingdom of God is being proclaimed as good news, and everyone forces his way into it.

• Acts 10:30

  And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, up to this hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and look, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

• Acts 20:7

  And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

• Romans 5:14

  Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of the one who was to come.

• Romans 15:19

  by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fulfilled the good news of the Messiah;

• Galatians 4:19

  My children, for whom again I suffer birth pains until the Messiah is formed in you,

• Ephesians 4:13

  until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Messiah,

• Philippians 2:8

  he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

• Philippians 2:30

  because for the work of the Messiah he came close to death, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your service to me.

• 1 Timothy 6:14

  that you keep the commandment spotless and above reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

• 2 Timothy 2:9

  for which I suffer hardship even to chains as a criminal; but the word of God is not bound.

• Hebrews 3:14

  For we have become sharers in the Messiah, if indeed we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

• Hebrews 9:10

  resting only on foods and drinks and various immersions, regulations for the flesh imposed until a time of reformation.

• Hebrews 12:4

  You have not yet resisted to the point of blood in struggling against sin;