ΗΜΙΝΜΕΧΡΙΣ, ημινμεχρις
ĒMINMECHRIS, ēminmechris
Sounds Like: hee-MEEN-MEKH-rees
Translations: until us, up to us, as far as us
From the root: ΗΜΕΙΣ, ΜΕΧΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Prepositional Phrase
Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by the dative plural first-person pronoun 'ἡμῖν' (hēmin), meaning 'to us' or 'for us', and the preposition 'μέχρις' (mechri), meaning 'until' or 'as far as'. Together, it means 'until us' or 'as far as us'. It indicates a limit or boundary in relation to a group of people.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, 1st Person (for the pronoun part); Does not inflect (for the preposition part)
Strong’s numbers: G2249 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3360 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:38
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΗΜΕΙΣ, ΜΕΧΡΙΣ, appear in our texts.
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