Bible word study

Mechri (Strong’s G3360): Meaning in the Bible

Mechri (μέχρι) is the Greek word numbered G3360 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as as far as, i.e. up to a certain point (as a preposition, of extent (denoting the terminus, whereas G891 refers especially to the space of time or place intervening) or conjunction). In the King James Bible it is translated till, (un-)to, until..

• Original wordμέχρι
• Transliterationméchri
• Pronunciationmekh'-ree
• Strong’s numberG3360
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G3372;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Mechri appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Mechri (G3360) stands behind 17 English renderings in 17 verses across 9 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Hebrews (4), Matthew (3), Acts (2).

How the King James Bible renders Mechri, by count

• until7 of 17 (41 percent)
• unto7 of 17 (41 percent)
• till2 of 17 (12 percent)
• to1 of 17 (6 percent)

Three places to read Mechri

• Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
• Acts 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
• 1 Timothy 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Mechri in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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