ἕως

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἕως

   HE-ôs

   until
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου,

   HO-pôs EL-thê eph hy-MAS PAN HAI-ma DI-kai-on ek-khyn-NO-me-non e-PI TÊS YÊS a-PO TOU HAI-ma-tos HA-bel TOU di-KAI-ou HE-ôs TOU HAI-ma-tos za-kha-RI-ou hy-OU ba-ra-KHI-ou

   so that all blood righteous being shed upon the earth may come upon you from the blood of Abel the righteous until the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah,
3. sentence🔊 ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

   HO-pôs EL-thê eph hy-MAS PAN HAI-ma DI-kai-on ek-khyn-NO-me-non e-PI TÊS YÊS a-PO TOU HAI-ma-tos HA-bel TOU di-KAI-ou HE-ôs TOU HAI-ma-tos za-kha-RI-ou hy-OU ba-ra-KHI-ou HON e-pho-NEU-sa-te me-ta-KSY TOU na-OU KAI TOU thy-si-as-tê-RI-ou

   so that all blood righteous being shed upon the earth may come upon you from the blood of Abel the righteous until the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar

Exegesis

The range apo tou haimatos Habel tou dikaiou heōs tou haimatos Zachariou huiou Barachiou {ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου | a-pó tou haí-ma-tos Há-bel tou di-kaí-ou hé-ōs tou haí-ma-tos Za-kha-rí-ou hy-oo Ba-ra-khí-ou} is introduced with apo…heōs as a temporal-historical merism, spanning from Abel in Genesis to Zechariah in the later historical books, thereby encompassing the full story of the righteous sufferers within Israel’s Scriptures. The repeated genitive haimatos plus the names emphasizes not only the individuals but the ongoing pattern of murderous hostility toward the righteous.