Strong's Greek · G2078

ἔσχατος

éschatos

ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost

Definition

farthest, final (of place or time)

Derivation

a superlative probably from G2192 (ἔχω) (in the sense of contiguity);

Appears 53 times in Scripture

Matthew 20:16

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Matthew 27:64

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

Matthew 20:12

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

Matthew 20:14

Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

Matthew 5:26

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Matthew 20:8

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Matthew 19:30

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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