ΜΈΧΡΙ: μέχρι [ (bef. consonants, exc. Lk 16:16, μέχρι Ἰωάνου) and μέχρις (bef. vowels, Mk 13:30, Ga 4:19, He 12:4; v. Bl., § 5, 4), ] 1. . as prep., c. gen., as far as, even to, until; (a) . of place: Ro 15:19; (b) . of time: Mt 11:23 13:30 28:15, Lk 16:16, Ac 10:30 20:7, Ro 5:14, I Ti 6:14, He 3:6, 14 9:10; (c) . of measure or degree: Phl 2:8, 30, II Ti 2:9, He 12:4 (μ. αἵματος, cf. II Mac 13:14).
2. . As conjunct. (as long as), until: Eph 4:13; μ. οὗ (Thuc., iii, 28, but more freq. μ. ἄν; v. Bl., § 65, 10), Mk 13:30, Ga 4:19 (μ. is prop, an adv., cf. Lat. usque, seq. prep. or adv.; LS, s.v., and cf. ἄχρι).†