day of eternity

ἡμέρα, ας, ἡ (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① the period betw. sunrise and sunset, day

ⓐ lit. (opp. νύξ; e.g. Ath. 24, 2 ἀντιδοξοῦντι … ὡς … τῇ ἡμέρᾳ νύξ) Mt 4:2 (fasting for 40 days and 40 nights as Ex 34:28. S. νύξ 1d.—Cp. JosAs 13:8 ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ ἑπτὰ νύκτας; Lucian, Ver. Hist. 1, 10 ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας κ. τὰς ἴσας νύκτας); 12:40 and oft. ἡμέρα γίνεται day is breaking (X., An. 2, 2, 13; 7, 2, 34; Appian, Iber. 74 §315; Jos., Ant. 10, 202, Vi. 405) Lk 4:42; 6:13; 22:66; Ac 12:18; 16:35; 27:29, 39. ἡμέρα διαυγάζει the day dawns 2 Pt 1:19. κλίνει declines, evening approaches Lk 9:12; 24:29 (cp. Just., D. 56, 16 ἡμέρα προκόπτει). φαίνει shines Rv 8:12. In the gen. to denote a point of time ἡμέρας in daylight (Hippocr., Ep. 19, 7; Arrian, Ind. 13, 6; Lucian, Ver. Hist. 1, 10) 1 Cl 25:4. ἡμέρας μέσης at midday, noon (Lucian, Nigr. 34; cp. Jos., Ant. 5, 190) Ac 26:13. But also, as in Thu. et al., of time within which someth. occurs, ἡμέρας during the day Rv 21:25. ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός (by) day and night (Appian, Liby. 121, §576; Arrian, Anab. 7, 11, 4; Jos., Ant. 11, 171; Just., D. 1, 4 διʼ ὅλης νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας; also in reverse order as Is 34:10) Mk 5:5; Lk 18:7; Ac 9:24; 1 Th 2:9; 3:10; 2 Th 3:8; AcPl Ha 2, 10; 3, 2. The acc. of time νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν (in this sequence Dio Chrys. 7 [8], 15; Ael. Aristid. 51, 1 K.=27 p. 534 D.; Esth 4:16; cp. νύκτωρ καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέραν Mel., HE 4, 26, 5; Ath. 34, 3) (throughout the) day and (the) night Mk 4:27; Lk 2:37; Ac 20:31; 26:7. τὰς ἡμέρας every day (opp. τὰς νύκτας; cp. Dio Chrys. 4, 36; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 199) Lk 21:37; cp. πᾶσαν ἡμέραν (throughout) every day Ac 5:42 (cp. Hdt. 7, 203, 1). τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην (throughout) that day (Ael. Aristid. 49, 45 K.) J 1:39. ὅλην τ. ἡμ. (Jos., Ant. 6, 22) Mt 20:6. The acc. in a distributive sense συμφωνεῖν ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν on a denarius a day Mt 20:2 (s. Meisterhans³-Schw. 205; pap in Mlt., ClR 15, 1901, 436; 18, 1904, 152). ἡμέρας ὁδός a day’s journey Lk 2:44 (cp. X., An. 2, 2, 12; Gen 31:23; 1 Macc 5:24; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 21; 23). Daylight lasts for twelve hours, during which a person can walk without stumbling J 11:9ab. ἡ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφή reveling in broad daylight 2 Pt 2:13.

ⓑ fig. (SibOr 5, 241) Christians as υἱοὶ φωτὸς καὶ υἱοὶ ἡμέρας children of light and of the day 1 Th 5:5; cp. vs. 8 (in contrast, Aristoph., Fgm. 573 K. calls Chaerephon, the friend of Socrates νυκτὸς παῖδα, in a derogatory sense). In J 9:4 day denotes the period of human life; cp. Ro 13:12f.

② civil or legal day, including the night, day Mt 6:34; 15:32; Mk 6:21; Lk 13:14; B 15:3ff. Opp. hours Mt 25:13; hours, months, years Rv 9:15; cp. Gal 4:10.

ⓐ In the gen., answering the question, how long? (Nicostrat. Com., Fgm. 5 K. ἡμερῶν τριῶν ἤδη=now for three days; Porphyr., Vi. Plotini 13 W. τριῶν ἡμ.; BGU 37, 7 [50 A.D.]; 249, 11 [70–80 A.D.] ἡμερῶν δύο διαμένομεν) τεσσεράκοντα ἡμερῶν during 40 days Ac 1:3 D*. ἑκάστης ἡμέρας each day AcPl Ha 6, 8 (cp. ILegGort 1, 9 of a fine τᾶς ἁμέρας ϝεκάστας ‘for each day’, on the gen. Buck, Dialects §170; Just., D. 2, 6 al.)—In the dat., answering the quest., when? (X., An. 4, 7, 8; Jdth 7:6; Esth 7:2; Bel 40 Theod.; JosAs 11:1; Just., A I, 67, 7 al.) τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ (cp. Arrian, Anab. 6, 4, 1 τρίτῃ ἡμ.; AscIs 3:16 τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμ.; JosAs 29:8; Just., D. 100, 1 al., cp. D. 85, 6 τῇ δευτέρᾳ ἡμ.) Mt 16:21; 17:23; Lk 9:22; 24:7, 46; 1 Cor 15:4. ᾗ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ on the day on which (PLille 15, 1 [242 B.C.] ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ; 1 Esdr 1:49; Jos., Ant. 20, 26) Lk 17:29; cp. vs. 30. μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ in (the course of) one day (Appian, Iber. 58 §244) 1 Cor 10:8.

ⓑ In the acc., usu. answering the quest., how long? (X., An. 4, 7, 18; Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 26 p. 410, 30 Jac. τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην=throughout that day; Polyaenus 6, 53 τρεῖς ἡμέρας; Arrian, Anab. 6, 2, 3; Lucian, Alex. 15 ἡμέρας=several days; Philo, Vi. Cont. 30 τὰς ἓξ ἡμέρας; JosAs 10:20 τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας) ὅλην τ. ἡμέραν the whole day long Ro 8:36 (Ps 43:23), 10:21 (Is 65:2). ἡμέραν μίαν for one day Ac 21:7 (Just., D. 12, 3). ἔμειναν οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας J 2:12; cp. 4:40; 11:6; Ac 9:19; 10:48; 16:12; 20:6c; 21:4, 10; Gal 1:18; Rv 11:3, 9. ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας day after day (Ps.-Euripides, Rhes. 445f, Henioch. 5, 13 Kock; Gen 39:10; Num 30:15; Is 58:2; Ps 95:2; Sir 5:7; En) 2 Pt 2:8; 2 Cl 11:2 (quot. of unknown orig.; s. also e below, end). Only rarely does the acc. answer the quest., when? (Antiphanes Com. [IV B.C.] Fgm. 280; Ps.-Lucian, Halc. 3 τρίτην ἡμ.) τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς on the Day of Pentecost Ac 20:16. Peculiar is the expr. τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν προσδοκῶντες this is the fourteenth day you have been waiting Ac 27:33 (cp. X., An. 4, 5, 24 ἐνάτην ἡμέραν γεγαμημένην).—ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας seven times a day Lk 17:4.

ⓒ Used w. prep.: ἀπό w. gen. from … (on) Mt 22:46; J 11:53; Ac 20:18. ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας (PRev 9, 1 [258 B.C.]; PsSol 18:11f; EpArist 24) Col 1:6, 9; Hm 4, 4, 3. ἀπὸ … ἄχρι … Phil 1:5. ἀπὸ … μέχρι … Ac 10:30. ἄχρι w. gen. until Mt 24:38b; Lk 1:20; 17:27; Ac 1:2; 2:29. ἄχρι ἡμερῶν πέντε five days later Ac 20:6b. μέχρι τῆς σήμερον (ἡμέρας) up to the present day (1 Esdr 8:74) Mt 28:15. ἕως τ. ἡμέρας Mt 27:64; Ac 1:22; Ro 11:8 (Dt 29:3; Just., D. 134, 5 ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμ.; for this Ath. 2, 1 εἰς … τὴν σήμερον ἡμ.). διʼ ἡμερῶν after (several) days Mk 2:1 (cp. Hdt. 6, 118, 3 διʼ ἐτέων εἴκοσι; Thu. 2, 94, 3; Pla., Hipp. Maj. 281a διὰ χρόνου=after a [long] time). διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν within three days (PPetr II, 4 [6], 8 διʼ ἡμερῶν ε´=in the course of 5 days) Mt 26:61; Mk 14:58. διʼ ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα Ac 1:3 (s. διά A 2a). διὰ τ. ἡμέρας in the course of the day Lk 9:37 D εἰς τ. ἡμέραν for the day (PPetr III, 95 col. 2, 6 [III B.C.]) J 12:7; Rv 9:15; εἰς ἡμέρας μ´ 40 days long AcPl Ha 6, 11. ἐν τῇ ἡμ. in the daytime J 11:9b. ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν one day Lk 5:17; 8:22; 20:1. ἐν on w. dat. sing. Mt 24:50; Lk 1:59; 13:31 v.l. (Just., D. 29, 3 ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμ.; 111, 3 ἐν ἡμ. τοῦ πάσχα); J 5:9; Hb 4:4 (cp. Gen 2:2); AcPl Ha 3, 9. In, within w. dat. pl. (Alexis Com. 246, 2 K. ἐν πένθʼ ἡμέραις; Philo, Somn. 2, 112; TestJob 30:4; JosAs 21:7 ἐν ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἡμέραις τοῦ γάμου) ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις (PTebt 14, 5 [114 B.C.]; Porphyr., Vi. Plot. 17 p. 111, 26 W.; TestJob 24:9; EpArist 24) Mt 27:40; Mk 15:29; J 2:19f.—ἐπί w. acc. over a period of ἐπὶ ἡμέρας πλείους over a period of many days (PTurin I, 2, 15 [116 B.C.] ἐφʼ ἱκανὰς ἡμ.; Jos., Ant. 4, 277) Ac 13:31; cp. 27:20; ἐπὶ πολλὰς ἡμ. (Jos., Ant. 18, 57) 16:18; cp. Hb 11:30. καθʼ ἡμέραν every day (Hyperid. 6, 23; 26; Polyb. 1, 57, 7; 4, 18, 2 al.; Diod S 1, 36, 7 and 8; 2, 47, 2 al.; SIG 656, 22; UPZ 42, 13 [162 B.C.]; PGiss 17, 1; Tob 10:7; Sus 8 and 12 Theod.; 1 Macc 8:15; EpArist 304; Jos., Bell. 2, 265, Ant. 20, 205; Ar. [POxy 1778, 27]; Just., D. 39, 2 al.) Mt 26:55; Mk 14:49 (‘by day’: AArgyle, ET 63, ’51/52, 354); Lk 16:19; 22:53; Ac 2:46f; 3:2; 16:5; 17:11; 19:9; 1 Cor 15:31; 2 Cor 11:28; Hb 7:27; 10:11. Also (w. optional art., s. B-D-F §160; Rob. 766) τὸ καθʼ ἡμ. (Aristoph., Equ. 1126; Pla.; Polyb. 4, 18, 2; POxy 1220, 4; TestJob 14:2; but simply καθʼ ἡμ. Ac 2:45 D) Lk 11:3; 19:47; Ac 17:11 v.l.; καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμ. every day (X., Mem. 4, 2, 12, Equ. 5, 9; PTebt 412, 2; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 327, 18; Ex 5:8; Esth 2:11; Job 1:4; Bel 4:6; PsSol 18:11; GrBar 8:4) Hb 3:13. κατὰ πᾶσαν ἡμ. w. same mng. (Jos., Ant. 6, 49) Ac 17:17. μεθʼ ἡμέρας ἕξ six days later (PSI 502, 16 [257 B.C.] μεθʼ ἡμέρας ιβ´; 436, 3 [Just., D. 27, 5 μετὰ μίαν ἡμ. al.]) Mt 17:1; cp. 26:2; 27:63; Mk 8:31; Lk 1:24; J 4:43; 20:26; Ac 1:5; 15:36; 24:1; 28:13; AcPl Ha 1, 33; 11, 8; AcPlCor 2:30. πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα six days before the Passover J 12:1 (not a Latinism, since it is found as early as Hippocr. πρὸ τριῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς τελευτῆς [WSchulze, Graeca Latina 1901, 15; Rydbeck 64f]; cp. Plut., Symp. 8, 717d; Lucian, De Morte Peregr. 1; Aelian, HA 11, 19; mystery ins of Andania [SIG 736, 70 πρὸ ἁμερᾶν δέκα τῶν μυστηρίων]; PFay 118, 15; PHolm 4, 23; PGM 13, 26; 671; Am 1:1; 2 Macc 15:36; Jos., Ant. 15, 408; Just., D. 27, 5; s. WSchmid, D. Attizismus III 1893, 287f; IV 1897, 629; Mlt. 100f; B-D-F §213).—It is striking to find the nom. denoting time in the expression ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι Mt 15:32; Mk 8:2; cp. Lk 9:28 (s. B-D-F §144; Rob. 460).

ⓓ Of festive days: ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σαββάτων (σάββατον 1bβ) or τοῦ σαββάτου (σάββ. 1a) Lk 4:16; 13:14b, 16; J 19:31; Ac 13:14 (Just., D. 27, 5). ἡ ἡμέρα or αἱ ἡμέραι τ. ἀζύμων Lk 22:7; Ac 12:3; 20:6. ἡ ἡμέρα τ. πεντηκοστῆς Ac 2:1; 20:16. μεγάλη ἡμέρα the great day (of atonement) PtK 2 p. 14, 29. In gen. of a Judean festival GJs 1:2; 2:2 (the author no longer has a clear understanding of the precise festival signified by the term; s. Amann and deStrycker on 1:2). ἡ κυριακὴ ἡμέρα the Lord’s Day, Sunday Rv 1:10 (cp. Just. A I, 67, 7 τὴν … τοῦ ἡλίου ἡμέραν). Festive days are spoken of in the foll. passages: ὸ̔ς μὲν κρίνει ἡμέραν παρʼ ἡμέραν, ὸ̔ς δὲ κρίνει πᾶσαν ἡμέραν one person considers one day better than another, another considers every day good Ro 14:5. φρονεῖν τ. ἡμέραν concern oneself w. (= observe) the day vs. 6. ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθαι observe days Gal 4:10.—Used w. gen. to denote what happens or is to be done on the day in question ἡμ. τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ Ac 21:26. τ. ἐνταφιασμοῦ day of burial J 12:7. ἕως ἡμέρας ἀναδείξεως αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν Ἰσραήλ Lk 1:80 (s. ἀνάδειξις).

ⓔ OT terminology is reflected in the expr. fulfilling of the days (Ex 7:25; 1 Ch 17:11; Tob 10:1b; cp. מָלֵא) ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡμ. τῆς λειτουργίας αὐτοῦ the days of his service came to an end Lk 1:23. ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμ. ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν the eighth day, on which he was to be circumcised, had come 2:21; cp. vs. 22. S. ἐκπλήρωσις, συμπληρόω, συντελέω, τελέω, τελειόω. The Hebr. has also furnished the expr. ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ day after day (Esth 3:4 יוֹם וָיוֹם=LXX καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν; יוֹם יוֹם Ps 68:20=LXX 67:20 ἡμέραν καθʼ ἡμέραν) 2 Cor 4:16; GJs 6:1.—ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας (rather oft. in the OT for various Hebr. expressions, but also in Henioch. Com. 5, 13 K.) day after day 2 Pt 2:8; prophetic quot. of unknown origin 2 Cl 11:2. ἡμέρᾳ ἀφʼ ἡμέρας GJs 12:3.

③ a day appointed for very special purposes, day (UPZ 66, 5 [153 B.C.] ἡ ἡμ.=the wedding day; ins in ÖJh 64, ’95, p. 74 of a commemorative day for the founder of Ephesus τῇ τοῦ Ἀνδρόκλου ἡμέρᾳ), e.g. of childbirth J 16:21 v.l.

ⓐ τακτῇ ἡμέρᾳ Ac 12:21. ἡμέραν τάξασθαι (Polyb. 18, 19, 1) 28:23. στῆσαι (Dionys. Hal. 6, 48) 17:31. ὁρίζειν (Polyb., Dionys. Hal.; Epict., Ench. 51, 1) Hb 4:7; Hv 2, 2, 5. Of the day of the census (s. Lk 2:1) αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα κυρίου GJs 17:1. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, ᾗ ἔμελλεν θηριομαχῖν ὁ Παῦλος AcPl Ha 3, 9.

ⓑ esp. of a day of judgment, fixed by a judge

α. ἀνθρωπίνη ἡμ. a day appointed by a human court 1 Cor 4:3 (cp. the ins on a coin amulet [II/III A.D.] where these words are transl. ‘human judgment’ by CBonner, HTR 43, ’50, 165–68). This expr. is formed on the basis of ἡμ. as designating

β. the day of God’s final judgment (s. ὥρα 3). ᾗ ἡμ. ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀποκαλύπτεται the day on which the Human One (Son of Man) reveals himself Lk 17:30; ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμ. 2 Pt 3:12. ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τοῦ θεοῦ τ. παντοκράτορος Rv 16:14. ἡμ. κυρίου (Jo 1:15; 2:1, 11; Is 13:6, 9 al.) occurring only once in the NT of the day of God, the Lord, in an OT quot. πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμ. κυρίου τ. μεγάλην κ. ἐπιφανῆ Ac 2:20 (Jo 3:4; cp. JosAs 14:2). Otherw. Jesus Christ is the Lord of this day: 1 Cor 5:5; 1 Th 5:2 (P-ÉLangevin, Jesus Seigneur, ’67, 107–67; GHolland, SBLSP 24, ’85, 327–41); 2 Th 2:2; 2 Pt 3:10. He is oft. mentioned by name or otherw. clearly designated, e.g. as υἱὸς τ. ἀνθρώπου, Lk 17:24; 1 Cor 1:8; 2 Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6, 10; 2:16. ἡ ἐσχάτη ἡμ. the last day (of this age) (s. ἔσχατος 2b) J 6:39f, 44, 54; 11:24; 12:48; Hv 2, 2, 5. ἡμ. (τῆς) κρίσεως (Pr 6:34; Jdth 16:17; PsSol 15:12; En; GrBar 1:7; cp. TestLevi 3:2, 3; Just., D. 38, 2; Tat. 12, 4) Mt 10:15; 11:22, 24; 12:36; 2 Pt 2:9; 3:7; 1J 4:17; 2 Cl 17:6; B 19:10. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὄτε κρίνει ὁ θεὸς διὰ Χρ. Ἰ. the day on which … Ro 2:16 (RBultmann, TLZ 72, ’47, 200f considers this a gloss). ἡμ. ὀργῆς καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως δικαιοκρισίας τοῦ θεοῦ 2:5 (ἡμ. ὀργῆς as Zeph 1:15, 18; 2:3; Ezk 7:19 v.l.; cp. Rv 6:17). ἡ ἡμ. ἡ μεγάλη (Jer 37:7; Mal 3:22) Rv 6:17; 16:14. ἡμ. μεγάλη καὶ θαυμαστή B 6:4. ἡμ. ἀπολυτρώσεως Eph 4:30. ἡμ. ἐπισκοπῆς (s. ἐπισκοπή 1a and b) 1 Pt 2:12. ἡμ. ἀνταποδόσεως B 14:9 (Is 61:2); ἐκείνη ἡ ἡμ. (Zeph 1:15; Am 9:11; Zech 12:3f; Is 10:20; Jer 37:7f) Mt 7:22; Lk 6:23; 10:12; 21:34; 2 Th 1:10; 2 Ti 1:12, 18; 4:8; AcPlCor 2:32. Perh. ἡμ. σφαγῆς (cp. Jer 12:3; En 16:1) Js 5:5 belongs here (s. σφαγή). Abs. ἡμ. 1 Cor 3:13; Hb 10:25; B 7:9; 21:3; cp. 1 Th 5:4.—ἡμέρα αἰῶνος (Sir 18:10) day of eternity 2 Pt 3:18 is also eschatological in mng.; it means the day on which eternity commences, or the day which itself constitutes eternity. In the latter case the pass. would belong to the next section.

④ an extended period, time (like יוֹם, but not unknown among the Greeks: Soph., Aj. 131; 623; Eur., Ion 720; Aristot., Rhet. 2, 13, 1389b, 33f; PAmh 30, 43 [II B.C.] ἡμέρας αἰτοῦσα=‘she asked for time’, or ‘a respite’)

ⓐ in sg. ἐν τ. ἡμέρᾳ τ. πονηρᾷ when the times are evil (unless the ref. is to the final judgment) Eph 6:13. ἐν ἡμ. σωτηρίας of the salutary time that has come for Christians 2 Cor 6:2 (Is 49:8). Of the time of the rescue fr. Egypt ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπιλαβομένου μου τ. χειρὸς αὐτῶν at the time when I took them by the hand Hb 8:9 (Jer 38:32; on the constr. cp. Bar 2:28 and B-D-F §423, 5; Rob. 514). ἐν ἐκείνῃ τ. ἡμέρᾳ at that time Mk 2:20b; J 14:20; 16:23, 26. τ. ἡμέραν τ. ἐμήν my time (era) 8:56. ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρᾳ in his (Abraham’s) last days GJs 1:3.

ⓑ chiefly in the pl. αἱ ἡμέραι of time of life or activity, w. gen. of pers. (1 Km 17:12 A; 2 Km 21:1; 3 Km 10:21; Esth 1:1s; Sir 46:7; 47:1; ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ En 12:2; ἡμέραι ἃς ἦτε 102:5 and oft.) ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου Mt 2:1; Lk 1:5; Νῶε 17:26a; 1 Pt 3:20; Ἠλίου Lk 4:25. ἐν ταῖς ἡμ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου 17:26b; cp. Mt 23:30. ἀπὸ τ. ἡμερῶν Ἰωάννου Mt 11:12. ἕως τ. ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ Ac 7:45; cp. 13:41 (Hab 1:5). W. gen. of thing ἡμέραι ἐκδικήσεως time of vengeance Lk 21:22; τ. ἀπογραφῆς Ac 5:37; cp. Rv 10:7; 11:6. ἐν τ. ἡμέραις τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ in the time of his appearance in the flesh Hb 5:7.—ἡμέραι πονηραί corrupt times Eph 5:16; cp. B 2:1; 8:6. ἡμ. ἀγαθαί happy times (Artem. 4, 8) 1 Pt 3:10 (Ps 33:13). ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων Ac 15:7; αἱ πρότερον ἡμ. Hb 10:32. πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας all the time, always Mt 28:20 (cp. Dt 4:40; 5:29; PsSol 14:4). νῦν τ. ἡμέραις at the present time Hs 9, 20, 4. ἐν (ταῖς) ἐσχάταις ἡμ. Ac 2:17; 2 Ti 3:1; Js 5:3; B 4:9; D 16:3. ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τ. ἡμερῶν τούτων Hb 1:2; cp. 2 Pt 3:3; GJs 7:2. ἐν τ. ἡμέραις ἐκείναις at that time Mt 3:1; 24:19, 38; Mk 1:9; Lk 2:1; 4:2b; 5:35b. ἐν τ. ἡμ. ταύταις at this time Lk 1:39; 6:12; Ac 1:15. εἰς ταύτας τ. ἡμέρας w. respect to our time (opp. πάλαι) Hs 9, 26, 6. πρὸ τούτων τ. ἡμερῶν before this (time) Ac 5:36; 21:38; πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμ. for a short time Hb 12:10; ἐλεύσονται ἡμ. there will come a time: w. ὅταν foll. Mt 9:15; Mk 2:20a; Lk 5:35a; w. ὅτε foll. Lk 17:22 (Just., D. 40, 2). ἥξουσιν ἡμέραι ἐπί σε καί a time is coming upon you when Lk 19:43. ἡμ. ἔρχονται καί Hb 8:8 (Jer 38:31). ἐλεύσονται ἡμ. ἐν αἷς Lk 21:6; 23:29.—Esp. of time of life πάσαις τ. ἡμέραις ἡμῶν for our entire lives Lk 1:75. πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ all his life GJs 4:1 (cp. En 103:5; TestJob 46:9). μήτε ἀρχὴν ἡμερῶν μήτε ζωῆς τέλος ἔχων without either beginning or end of life Hb 7:3. προβεβηκὼς ἐν ταῖς ἡμ. advanced in years Lk 1:7, 18; cp. 2:36 (s. Gen 18:11; 24:1; Josh 13:1; 23:1; 3 Km 1:1; προβαίνω 2).—B. 991. DELG s.v. ἦμαρ. EDNT. M-M. TW. Sv.

εἰς prep. w. acc. (Hom.+; s. the lit. under ἀνά, beg., also ATheimer, Die Präp. εἰς, ἐν, ἐκ im NT: Progr. z. 24. u. 29. Jahresbericht des niederösterr. Landes-Real-u. Obergymnasiums Horn 1896; 1901; AOepke, TW II 418–32), indicating motion into a thing or into its immediate vicinity or relation to something.

① extension involving a goal or place, into, in, toward, to

ⓐ into, toward, to after verbs of going, or those that include motion toward a place (also after subst. as ἄφιξις Tat. 37, 1 or πορεία 38, 1); so after ἄγω, ἀκολουθέω, ἀναβαίνω, ἀνάγω, ἀναχωρέω, ἀνέρχομαι, ἄπειμι, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀποδημέω, ἀποπλέω, γίνομαι δεῦρο, διαβαίνω, διαπεράω, διασῴζω, διέρχομαι, διώκω, εἰσάγω, εἴσειμι, εἰσέρχομαι, εἰσπορεύομαι, ἐκπηδάω, ἐκπλέω, ἐκπορεύομαι, ἐμβαίνω, ἐμβάλλω, ἐνδύνω, ἐξέρχομαι, ἐπανάγω, ἐπιβαίνω, ἐπιστρέφω, ἔρχομαι (s. Goodsp., Probs. 56f), εὐθυδρομέω, ἥκω, καθίζω, καταβαίνω (s. Goodsp., Probs. 52–54), κατάγομαι, καταντάω, καταπλέω, καταφεύγω, κατέρχομαι, μεταβαίνω, ὁρμάω, παραβάλλω, παραγίνομαι, πέτομαι, πλέω, πορείαν ποιοῦμαι, πορεύομαι, προάγω, συμβάλλω, συνάγομαι, συναναβαίνω, συνέρχομαι, ὑπάγω, ὑποστρέφω, ὑποχωρέω, φεύγω, χωρέω; s. these entries.

α. extension toward, in the direction of, a specific place to be reached. Hence w. nouns that denote an accessible place εἰς τὸν οἶκον into the house Mt 9:7; synagogue Ac 17:10; heaven Lk 2:15; abyss 8:31. φεύγειν εἰς τὰ ὄρη Mk 13:14. W. names of places and countries to Spain Ro 15:24, 28. εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ vs. 25 al. Also on, in εἰς (τὰς) ὁδούς Lk 14:23; Mt 10:5, 10; εἰς ὁδόν Mk 6:8; 10:17. εἰς ἀγρόν 16:12. In another sense ἀναβαίνει εἰς τὸ ὄρος 3:13; Mt 15:29.—In the vicinity of, near, to (Jos., Vi. 115 εἰς τ. κώμην) εἰς (τὴν) θάλασσαν Mk 7:31; 3:7 v.l.; Mt 17:27. εἰς πόλιν (Hdt. 2, 169; 4, 200, 1; Diod S 15, 32, 2 παραγενόμενος εἰς πόλιν) J 4:5; cp. vs. 28. εἰς τό μνημεῖον 11:31, 38; 20:1, 3f (cp. vs. 6). ἐγγίζειν εἰς (Tob 11:1) Mt 21:1; Mk 11:1; Lk 18:35; 19:29. εἰς τοὺς φραγμούς to the hedges 14:23. κλίνειν τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τ. γῆν toward the ground 24:5.

β. with focus on the area within the point reached. After verbs of sending, moving, etc., which result in movement or include a movement of the body to, into, among εἰς τὴν πόλιν into the city Mt 26:18 al.; boat Mt 8:23; J 6:17; world J 1:9; εἰς τ. ναόν 2 Th 2:4; εἰς (τὸ) μέσον (Sir 27:12; cp. 48:17): ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον (X., Cyr. 4, 1, 1), he (came and) stood among them J 20:19, 26; cp. Mk 14:60; Lk 6:8, also ἔγειρε εἰς τὸ μ. get up and come here Mk 3:3.—δέχεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας take in (into) one’s arms Lk 2:28 (cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 28).

γ. of movement directed at a surface of an area on, in: of striking (PRyl 145, 13f [38 A.D.] ἔδωκεν πληγὰς πλείους εἰς πᾶν μέρος τοῦ σώματος=gave many blows all over his body; cp. PTebt 39, 32) τύπτειν εἰς τ. κεφαλήν on the head Mt 27:30 (cp. Arrian, Anab. 2, 26, 4 ἐμβάλλειν εἰς τ. κεφαλήν). ῥαπίζειν εἰς τὴν σιαγόνα on the cheek 5:39.—εἰς τ. ὄμματα Mk 8:23; εἰς τ. ὁδόν 11:8; ἀναπίπτειν εἰς τ. ἔσχατον τόπον sit in the lowest place Lk 14:10; cp. vs. 8. εἰς τὴν χεῖρα, τοὺς πόδας on his hand, his feet Lk 15:22.

δ. of a position within a certain area be at, be in, be on εἰς is freq. used where ἐν would be expected (s. 1bβ below; for Mark usage s. JO’Rourke, JBL 85, ’66, 349–51)—(Hdt. 7, 239, 1; Diod S 13, 101, 3; 20, 30, 2; Vett. Val. index III p. 394b; PTebt 38, 14 [113 B.C.] εἰς ὸ̔ν ἐνοικεῖ … οἶκον; POxy 294, 6 [22 A.D.]; 929, 12; BGU 385, 5; 423, 7; Kaibel 134; LXX. Cp. GHatzidakis, Einl. in die neugr. Gramm. 1892, 210f; Mlt. 62f, 234f; Rob. 592f; Rdm.² 14; 140; B-D-F §205; EOldenburger, De Or. Sib. Elocutione, diss. Rostock 1903, 26ff) εἰς τ. κοίτην εἶναι Lk 11:7. εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Mk 10:10. οἱ εἰς τ. οἶκόν μου (ὄντες) Lk 9:61. οἱ εἰς μακρὰν (ὄντες) Ac 2:39. καθημένου εἰς τὸ ὄρος Mk 13:3 (cp. Musonius 43, 18 H. καθῆσθαι εἰς Σινώπην). ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν (ὤν) he who is in the field 13:16. γίνεσθαι εἰς τὴν Καφαρναούμ happen in Capernaum Lk 4:23. εἰς συναγωγὰς δαρήσεσθε you will be beaten in the synagogues Mk 13:9. εὑρέθη εἰς Ἄζωτον he found himself in A. Ac 8:40 (cp. Esth 1:5 τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τοῖς εὑρεθεῖσιν εἰς τ. πόλιν; Gen 37:17). ἀποθανεῖν εἰς Ἰερ. Ac 21:13 (cp. Aelian, VH 7, 8 Ἡφαιστίων εἰς Ἐκβάτανα ἀπέθανε). κατοικεῖν εἰς Ἰερ. Ac 2:5; cp. Mt 2:23; 4:13; Ac 7:4; Hb 11:9 (cp. Thu. 2, 102, 6; X., An. 1, 2, 24; Num 35:33; 2 Ch 19:4). χάριν, εἰς ἣν στῆτε the favor in which you stand 1 Pt 5:12. ἔχειν βιβλίον εἰς τὰς χεῖρας have a book in one’s hands Hv 1, 2, 2. πηλὸς γάρ ἐσμεν εἰς την χεῖρα τοῦ τεχνίτου for we are clay in the hand of the artisan. εἰς ταύτην τὴν πόλιν in this city 2, 4, 3 al.—εἰς=at or on (BGU 845, 20f; τραπέζας … εἰς ἃς ἤσθιον οἱ πτωχοί TestJob 25:5) ὁ ὢν εἰς τ. κόλπον τ. πατρός who leans on the breast (or reclines in the lap) of the Father (=who is on intimate terms w. the Father, s. κόλπος) J 1:18. In AcPlCor 2:35 the prepositions εἰς and ἐν appear to be carefully distinguished: τὰ δεσμὰ εἰς τὰς χείρας ἔχω … καὶ τὰ στίγματα ἐν τῷ σώματί μου.

ε. of presence in an area determined by other objects, esp. after verbs of sending, moving, etc. including ἀπολύω, ἀποστέλλω, βάλλω, βαπτίζω, δέχομαι, δίδωμι, ἐγκεντρίζω, ἐκβάλλω, ἐκπέμπω, ἐκχέω, ἐμβάπτω, ἐξαποστέλλω, καθίημι, μεταπέμπομαι, παρακύπτω, πέμπω, χαλάω; s. these entries. ἐμπίπτειν εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς fall among robbers Lk 10:36. εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας among the thorns Mk 4:7; εἰς τ. λαόν Ac 4:17 et al., where the transl. depends on the verb in question. πνεύματος ἁγίου … ἀποσταλέντος εἰς αὐτήν (Μαρίαν) sent into her AcPlCor 2:5; cp. 2:10 ἔπεμψεν εἰς τοὺς προφήτας into the prophets; 2:14 κατέπεμψε … εἰς Μαρίαν.—ἔστη εἰς τὸ κριτήριον she stood before the tribunal GJs 15:2 (difft. J 20:19, 26, s. 1aβ).

ⓑ of direction toward something without ref. to bodily motion.

α. w. verbs of looking (fr. Od. 10, 37; Il. 3, 364; LXX) ἀναβλέπειν εἴς τι look up toward someth. (2 Macc 7:28; Sus 35 Theod.) Mk 6:41; Lk 9:16; Ac 22:13; cp. ἀτενίζω, βλέπω, ἐμβλέπω, ὁράω (Just., D. 112, 1).—ἐπαίρειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴς τινα raise one’s eyes toward someone Lk 6:20.

β. after verbs of saying, teaching, proclaiming, preaching, etc. (Trag.; Hdt. 8:26, 3; Thu. 1, 72, 2; 5, 45, 1 and many later wr., incl. LXX) λαλεῖν εἰς τ. κόσμον say to the world J 8:26. τὸ εὐαγγέλιον εἰς ὅλον τ. κόσμον the gospel in the whole world Mk 14:9. εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη 13:10; Lk 24:47. εἰς ὑμᾶς 1 Th 2:9. εὐαγγελίζεσθαι εἴς τινα 2 Cor 10:16; 1 Pt 1:25; γνωρίζειν Ro 16:26. ἀπαγγέλλειν τι εἴς τινα Mk 5:14; Lk 8:34. διαμαρτύρεσθαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, μαρτυρεῖν εἰς Ῥώμην bear witness in Jerusalem, Rome Ac 23:11. ἵνα εἰς Νινευὴ μὴ κηρύξῃ AcPlCor 2:29. In these and similar cases εἰς approaches ἐν in mng.; s. 1aδ.

γ. The same is true of βαπτίζεσθαι εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην Mk 1:9 and νίπτεσθαι εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν J 9:7; these expr. look like exx. of the interchange of εἰς and ἐν, but were orig. formed on the analogy of X., Cyr. 1, 3, 5 ἀποκαθαίρει τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὰ χειρόμακτρα= lit. ‘into the towels’; cp. Epict. 3, 22, 71 ἵνʼ αὐτὸ (sc. τὸ παιδίον) λούσῃ εἰς σκάφην; Alciphron, Ep. 3, 7, 1; Athen. 10, 438e.

② extension in time, to, until, on

ⓐ w. indication of specific time

α. up to which someth. continues εἰς τέλος to the end (Epict. 1, 7, 17) Mt 10:22; 24:13; Mk 13:13. εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν until that day 2 Ti 1:12 (Ath. 2, 1 εἰς … τὴν σήμερον ἡμέραν). εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ Phil 1:10. εἰς Χριστόν until the coming of the Messiah Gal 3:24.

β. for or on which someth. happens μεριμνᾶν εἰς τὴν αὔριον be anxious for tomorrow Mt 6:34; cp. Hs 6, 5, 3; εἰς τὸ μέλλον for the future 1 Ti 6:19. εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον on the next Sabbath Ac 13:42. εἰς ἡμέραν (UPZ 66, 5 [153 B.C.]) for the day Phil 2:16; cp. Eph 4:30; Rv 9:15.

γ. at which someth. takes place (Appian, Mithrid. 74 §321 ἐς ἑσπέραν=in the evening; Epict. 4, 10, 31 αὔριον ἢ εἰς τὴν τρίτην; En 1:1 οἵτινες ἔσονται εἰς ἡμέραν ἀνάγκης) εἰς τὸν καιρὸν αὐτῶν in their time Lk 1:20; εἰς τὸ μέλλον in the future 13:9. εἰς τέλος in the end, finally (Hdt. 3, 403; Gen 46:4; Ps.-Clem., Hom. 18, 2) 18:5 (B-D-F §207, 3 prefers mng. 3 below and ὑπωπιάζω 3; s. also Mlt-Turner 266). εἰς τὸ πάλιν=πάλιν 2 Cor 13:2; s. Schmid I 167; II 129; III 282; IV 455; 625. εἰς ταχεῖαν soon AcPlCor 2:3.

ⓑ to indicate duration of time for, throughout (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 4 p. 332, 16 Jac. εἰς νύκτα; Arrian, Anab. 4, 30, 1 ἐς τρεῖς ἡμέρας; Just., D. 2, 5 εἰς μακρὰν for a long time) εἰς ἔτη πολλά for many years Lk 12:19. εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας (αἰών 1b) forever Mt 21:19; Mk 3:29; 11:14; Lk 1:33; J 8:35 and oft. εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος to the day of eternity 2 Pt 3:18. εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεάς for generation after generation Lk 1:50. εἰς τὸ διηνεκές forever Hb 7:3; 10:1, 12, 14 (cp. Thu. 2, 64, 3 ἐς ἀί̈διον).

③ marker of degree, up to: εἰς τέλος completely, fully, absolutely (s. Just, A I, 44, 12 and on τέλος 2bγ) 1 Th 2:16; B 4:7; 19:11; Hv 3, 7, 2; m 12, 2, 3; Hs 8, 6, 4; 8, 8, 5; 8, 9, 3.—J 13:1 combines in εἰς τέλος the mngs. to the end (s. 2aα above) and to the uttermost (cp. Appian, Mithrid. 58 §239 ἡμῶν ἀμυναμένων ἤδη καὶ ἀμυνουμένων ἐς τέλος=we have defended ourselves up to now and will defend ourselves ἐς τέλος). εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα 2 Cor 10:13, 15 (cp. PVat A 12=Witkowski 36, 12 [168 B.C.] εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα). εἰς περισσείαν 10:15. εἰς ὑπερβολήν (Eur., Hipp. 939; Aeschin., F. Leg. 4) 4:17. εἰς τὸ παντελές (q.v. 2) Lk 13:11; Hb 7:25 (Tat. 6, 1).

④ marker of goals involving affective/abstract/suitability aspects, into, to

ⓐ of entry into a state of being w. verbs of going, coming, leading, etc., used in a fig. sense: ἀπέρχεσθαι εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον Mt 25:46 (cp. Sir 41:10). εἰσφέρειν εἰς πειρασμόν 6:13. πορεύεσθαι εἰς θάνατον Lk 22:33. ὑπάγειν εἰς ἀπώλειαν Rv 17:8, 11. βάλλειν εἰς θλῖψιν 2:22. παραδιδόναι εἰς θλῖψιν Mt 24:9; cp. 2 Cor 4:11; Lk 24:20. συγκλείειν εἰς ἀπείθειαν Ro 11:32. ἐμπίπτειν εἰς κρίμα 1 Ti 3:6f; cp. 6:9 (and Ath. 24, 5 εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν πεσόντες παρθένων). ἄγειν εἰς μετάνοιαν Ro 2:4; cp. Hb 2:10 εἰς δόξαν. (Just., A I, 10, 4 εἰς πίστιν; 42, 11 εἰς ἐπίστασιν καὶ ἀνάμνησιν.) αἰχμαλωτίζειν εἰς ὑπακοήν 2 Cor 10:5. ἀνακαινίζειν εἰς μετάνοιαν Hb 6:6; cp. 2:10. Sim. ἀπάγω, ἀποβαίνω, εἰσέρχομαι, εἰσφέρω, ἐκβάλλω, ἐλευθερόω, ἐπιστρέφω, κατευθύνω, μεταβαίνω, ὁδηγέω et al.; s. these entries.

ⓑ of change from one state to another w. verbs of changing: στρέφειν (Esth 4:17h; 1 Macc 1:39), μεταστρέφειν (Sir 11:31; 1 Macc 9:41; 3 Macc 6:22) τι εἴς τι Rv 11:6; Ac 2:20 (Jo 3:4); Js 4:9. μεταλλάσσειν Ro 1:26. μετασχηματίζεσθαι (q.v. 2) 2 Cor 11:13f; μετατίθεσθαι εἰς turn away to Gal 1:6.

ⓒ of actions or feelings directed in someone’s direction in hostile or friendly sense (Thu. 1, 38; 66; 130; X., Cyr. 1, 3, 5; Paus. 7, 9, 3; 7, 10, 2; Aelian, VH 11, 10).

α. in a hostile sense (Arrian, Anab. 1, 1, 4; PEleph 1, 9 [311/310 B.C.] κακοτεχνεῖν εἰς Δημητρίαν; UPZ 170b, 47 [127 B.C.]): ἁμαρτάνειν εἴς τινα (Herodian 7, 9, 11; EpJer 12; Jdth 5:20; 11:10) sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21. βλασφημεῖν εἴς τινα (Bel 8 Theod.; Just., D. 122, 2) defame someone Mk 3:29; Lk 12:10; 22:65; θαρρεῖν εἴς τινα 2 Cor 10:1. ψεύδεσθαι εἴς τινα (Sus 55; 59 Theod.) Col 3:9. Also w. nouns and adj. (Paus. 7, 8, 4; PFay 12, 7 [c. 103 B.C.] ἀδικήματα εἴς με; En 97:7 μνημόσυνον εἰς ὑμᾶς κακόν) Ac 6:11; 23:30; Ro 8:7.

β. in a friendly sense: μακροθυμεῖν 2 Pt 3:9. τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν Ro 12:16. So also πιστεύειν εἴς τινα trust or believe in someone Mt 18:6; Mk 9:42 and oft. (s. πιστεύω 1aε). Also w. nouns (OGI 49, 10 [III B.C.] φιλοτιμία εἰς; 51, 4; UPZ 22, 18 [162 B.C.]; 39, 5 εἰς τὸ θεῖον εὐσέβεια; 2 Macc 9:26 εὔνοια; Tat. 16:2 τῆς εἰς αὐτοὺς [δαίμονας] θρησκείας) ἀγάπη Ro 5:8; 2 Cor 2:4, 8; Col 1:4; 1 Th 3:12. ἐλπίς (2 Macc 9:20; Synes., Ep. 104 p. 264a εἰς τὸν κομήτην ἐ.) Ac 24:15. κοινωνία Phil 1:5 (Tat. 18, 2); πεποίθησις 2 Cor 8:22. δύναμις Eph 1:19. πίστις (Jos., Ant. 16, 48; 18, 334) Ac 20:21; 24:24; 26:18; Col 2:5; and adj. φιλόξενος 1 Pt 4:9; χρηστός Eph 4:32. διακονία Ro 15:31 (cp. the v.l. Ac 12:25 and s. JDupont, NovT 1, ’56, 275–303); 2 Cor 8:4. The context of 1 Pt 1:11 suggests consolation of Christians for the sufferings they endure in a hostile environment, hence REB: sufferings in Christ’s cause; for εἰς Χρ. construed genitivally (UPZ 180a II, 2 [113 B.C.] χωρὶς τοῦ εἰς αὐτὴν οἴκου; PTebt 16:9f contains a restoration of εἰς) s. NRSV ‘sufferings destined for Christ’ (for a parallel expr. in a hostile sense cp. Polyb. 1, 7, 12 τῆς εἰς ἐκείνους τιμωρίας; 1, 69, 7; 38, 1 [4], 13; s. [s.v. ἀνά beg.] Kuhring 13; Rudberg 201).

ⓓ w. the vocation, use, or end indicated for, as: αἱρέομαι εἴς τι 2 Th 2:13. ἀφορίζω Ro 1:1; Ac 13:2. προγράφω Ro 15:4; Jd 4. ἀποστέλλω Hb 1:14. πέμπω Phil 4:16; 1 Th 3:2, 5. ποιῶ τι εἰς 1 Cor 10:31; 11:24. S. also under κεῖμαι, προορίζω, τάσσω, τίθημι.—εἰμὶ εἴς τι serve as someth. (s. εἰμί 6; also ins 134, 33ff fr. the Delphinion at Miletus [I A.D.] 1914; s. Dssm., LO 97, 1 [LAE 123]; Ar. 5, 1 ὕδωρ … εἰς χρῆσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων γέγονε) 1 Cor 14:22; for destruction Col 2:22; as a testimony Js 5:3. Used w. a noun σκεῦος εἰς τιμήν, ἀτιμίαν a vessel meant for honorable, dishonorable use Ro 9:21; cp. vs. 22f; 2 Ti 2:20f; φύλλα τοῦ ξύλου εἰς θεραπείαν Rv 22:2. φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν a light serving as a revelation Lk 2:32. θεράπων εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων a servant to bear witness to what would be said Hb 3:5. (Cp. Just., A I, 66, 1 τὸ … εἰς ἀναγέννησιν λουτρόν). W. acc. of pers. (Just., A II, 12, 4 συκοφαντίᾳ τῇ εἰς ἡμᾶς; Tat. 17, 3 τὴν εἰς τοὺς μεμηνότας βοήθειαν) ἡ εἰς ὑμᾶς χάρις the grace meant for you 1 Pt 1:10. διδόναι εἴς τι pay out for someth., money for a field Mt 27:10.

ⓔ w. the result of an action or condition indicated into, to, so that: αὐξάνειν εἰς ναόν grow into a temple Eph 2:21. πληροῦσθαι εἴς τι 3:19. λυπηθῆναι εἰς μετάνοιαν be grieved so that repentance takes place 2 Cor 7:9. Of prayer ἀναβαίνειν εἰς μνημόσυνον Ac 10:4. ὁμολογεῖν εἰς σωτηρίαν confess to salvation = so as to receive salvation Ro 10:10; cp. 1:16; 1 Pt 2:2; εἰς ἔπαινον κτλ. to praise etc. 1 Pt 1:7; εἰς βοήθειαν (1 Ch 12:17; Jdth 6:21; JosAs 23:4) Hb 4:16; cp. 10:39; Rv 13:3; Ro 6:16; 8:15; 13:4, 14; 1 Cor 11:34; 2 Cor 2:16 al.; εἰς κενόν (s. κενός 3) 2 Cor 6:1; Gal 2:2; Phil 2:16; 1 Th 3:5. σχίζειν εἰς δύο tear in two Mt 27:51; Mk 15:38. Cp. GPt 5:20 (cp. Polyb. 2, 16, 11; Lucian, Symp. 44, Tox. 54; 1 Km 15:29; Tob 5:3 S; 1 Macc 9:11; Ath. 18, 3 ᾠὸν … εἰς δύο ἐρράγη). W. subst. inf. foll. so that Ro 1:20; 3:26; 4:18; 6:12; 7:4; 1 Th 3:13; 2 Th 2:10f; Hb 11:3 al.

ⓕ to denote purpose in order to, to (Appian, Liby. 101 §476 ἐς ἔκπληξιν=in order to frighten; Just., A I, 21, 4 εἰς προτροπήν ‘to spur on’) εἰς ἄγραν in order to catch someth. Lk 5:4. εἰς ἀπάντησιν, συνάντησιν, ὑπάντησίν τινι (s. these 3 entries) to meet someone, toward someone Mt 8:34; 25:1; J 12:13. εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς as a witness, i.e. proof, to them Mt 8:4; 10:18; 24:14 al. εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν for forgiveness of sins, so that sins might be forgiven Mt 26:28; cp. Mk 1:4; Lk 3:3; Ac 2:38. εἰς μνημόσυνόν τινος in memory of someone Mt 26:13; Mk 14:9; cp. Lk 22:19 al. (εἰς μνημόσυνον En 99:3). εἰς ὅ for which purpose (Hdt. 2, 103, 1) Col 1:29; otherw. 2 Th 1:11 with this in view; εἰς τί; why? (Wsd 4:17; Sir 39:16, 21) Mt 14:31; Mk 14:4; 15:34; Hm 2:5; D 1:5. εἰς τοῦτο for this reason or purpose Mk 1:38; Lk 4:43 v.l.; J 18:37; Ac 9:21; 26:16; Ro 9:17; 14:9; 2 Cor 2:9; 1J 3:8; Hs 1:9 (Just., A I, 13, 3). εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο for this very reason 2 Cor 5:5; Eph 6:22; Col 4:8. W. subst. inf. foll. (X., Ages. 9, 3, Mem. 3, 6, 2; Just., A I, 9, 5) in order to (oft. LXX; neg. μή in order not to; s. B-D-F §402, 2) Mt 20:19; 26:2; 27:31; Mk 14:55 and oft.—εἰς ὁδόν for the journey 6:8.

ⓖ As in Mod. Gk., it is used for the dat., esp. the dat. of advantage, but also= for in general (X., An. 3, 3, 19 τ. ἵππους εἰς ἱππέας κατασκευάσωμεν; Lycurg. 85 διεκαρτέρουν εἰς τ. πατρίδα; UPZ 180a I, 7 [113 B.C.] τὸν εἰς Τάγην οἶκον ᾠκοδομημένον; BGU 37, 4f [51 A.D.] ξύλα εἰς τοὺς ἐλαιῶνάς μου wood for my olive orchards; PLond I, 43, 9 p. 48 [II B.C.]; PTebt 5, 77; POxy 37 I, 9; EpJer 9; Sir 37:7, cp. vs. 8; Jdth 14:2; Bel 3 Theod., vs. 22 LXX) εἰς πάντα τ. λαόν Lk 9:13; cp. 3J 5. εἰς ἡμᾶς Eph 1:19; cp. Col 1:25; 1 Th 4:10; Ro 10:12. χρείαν ἔχειν εἰς τ. ἑορτήν J 13:29; cp. Mk 8:19f; Gal 2:8; 1 Th 2:9; 5:15 et al.—εἰς is commonly used in speaking of the person for whom a payment etc. is made (Dssm., B 113–15; NB 23 [BS 117f; 194f]) 1 Cor 16:1; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1, 13; Ro 15:26; Ac 24:17. εἰς λόγον τινός in an account for someth. (POxy 275, 19; 21 [66 A.D.]; 496, 10; 530, 15) Phil 4:15; cp. vs. 17. εἰς Χριστόν Phlm 6 prob. in honor of Christ (Tetrast. Iamb. 1, 7, 4 p. 266 εἰς θεούς; Pla., Lysis 205d ᾂδεις εἰς σαυτὸν ἐγκώμιον; Ps.-Pla., Minos 319c; Athen. 15, 667c; Synes., Ep. 75 p. 222b).

⑤ marker of a specific point of reference, for, to, with respect to, with reference to (Arrian, Anab. 6, 26, 3 τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον εἰς καρτερίαν ἐπαινῶ Ἀλεξάνδρου=I praise this deed with regard to Alexander’s endurance; Ath. 31, 1 οὐδὲν χείρους εἰς ἀρετῆς λόγον ‘none the worse in respect to excellence’) εὔθετος εἴς τι fit, suitable for someth. Lk 14:35; also εὔχρηστος 2 Ti 4:11. ἡτοιμασμένος ready for 2:21. εὐκαιρέω εἴς τι Ac 17:21. ἱκανόω Col 1:12. ἰσχύω Mt 5:13. περισσεύω 2 Cor 9:8. συνεργέω Ro 8:28. τοῦτο οὐκ εἰς ταύτας τ. ἡμέρας λέγω I say this not with reference to these days Hs 9, 26, 6.—After the verbs ἀπορέομαι, διακρίνομαι, καυχάομαι, παρρησίαν ἔχω, s. these entries. After the adj. ἄκαρπος, ἀκέραιος, βραδύς, σοφός, συνεργός, ὑπήκοος, φρόνιμος, s. these entries. W. acc. of pers. ἀσθενεῖν εἴς τινα be weak toward someone 2 Cor 13:3. εὐδοκεῖν 2 Pt 1:17. λέγειν εἴς τινα say w. reference to someone (Diod S 11, 50, 4; Just., D. 77, 1 εἰς Χριστὸν … εἰρῆσθαι) Ac 2:25.—On Ro 6:17 s. παραδίδωμι 1b end. δέχομαί τινα εἰς ὄνομά τινος Mt 10:41f; s. ὄνομα 1dγא.

⑥ marker of a guarantee, by ὀμνύναι εἴς τι swear by someth. Mt 5:35 (cp. PGiss 66, 8f [early II A.D.] ἐρωτῶ εἰς τὴν τ. θεῶν εὐσέβειαν; but the sole use of εἰς in a series of datives w. ἐν may reflect bilingualism; for prob. Hb. perspective, s. M’Neile, comm. ad loc).

⑦ distributive marker: w. numbers εἰς is distributive ‘-fold’ (cp. ἐστρίς ‘until three times’ Pind., O. 2, 68; GDI IV p. 884, ⁿ62, 36 [IV B.C.]) Mk 4:8 v.l. (otherw. ἐς τετρακοσίους, ἐς ὀγδοήκοντα about 400, about 80: Arrian, Anab. 5, 15, 2; 6, 2, 4; 7, 20, 3).

⑧ The predicate nom. and the predicate acc. are somet. replaced by εἰς w. acc. under Semitic influence, which has strengthened Gk. tendencies in the same direction:

ⓐ predicate nom.

α. w. γίνεσθαι (PFay 119, 34 [100 A.D.] ἵνα μὴ εἰς ψωμίον γένηται; Wsd 14:11; 1 Macc 1:36; 10:70; Jdth 5:10, 18 al.) Mt 21:42 (Ps 117:22). ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον Lk 13:19; cp. J 16:20; Ac 5:36; Rv 8:11; 16:19.

β. w. εἶναι (Bar 2:23; Jdth 5:21, 24; Sir 31:10 et al.) Mt 19:5 (Gen 2:24); Lk 3:5 (Is 40:4); 2 Cor 6:18; Hb 1:5; 8:10 (in the last 3 pass. OT expressions are also reproduced). Not fr. the OT: 1J 5:8.

γ. λογίζεσθαι εἰς (Wsd 2:16; 1 Macc 2:52) Ro 4:3 (Gen 15:6); cp. 2:26; 9:8. λ. εἰς οὐθέν (Is 40:17; Wsd 3:17; cp. 9:6) Ac 19:27.

ⓑ predicate acc. (Heliod. 6, 14, 1 τ. πήραν εἰς καθέδραν ποιησαμένη=she used the knapsack as a seat; Vett. Val. 59, 7; 1 Macc 10:54; 11:62; Jdth 5:11 al.; JosAs 13:12 παράθου με αὐτῷ εἰς παιδίσκην) ἐγείρειν τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα Ac 13:22 (cp. 1 Km 13:14). ἀνατρέφεσθαί τινα εἰς υἱόν 7:21 (cp. Ex 2:10). τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν 13:47 (cp. Is 49:6). Cp. Mt 21:46; 1 Cl 42:4.—B-D-F §145; 157, 5; Rdm.² 20f; Mlt. 71f; Mlt-H. 462. Johannessohn, Kasus 4f.

⑨ marker of instrumentality, by, with (Arrian, Anab. 5, 12, 3 ἐς ἀκρίβειαν=with care; Vi. Aesopi I G 7 P. νικᾶν εἰς εὐσέβειαν πάντα ψόγον=overcome all censure with piety) εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων Ac 7:53 (=ἐν διαταγαῖς, B-D-F §206, 1). Sim. ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην (1 Km 1:17) Mk 5:34; Lk 7:50; 8:48 (=ἐν εἰρήνῃ). Mlt-Turner 254f.

⑩ Other uses of εἰς

ⓐ at, in the face of μετανοεῖν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα repent at the proclamation Mt 12:41; Lk 11:32; cp. Ro 4:20 and perh. Mt 3:11. JMantey, JBL 70, ’51, 45–48, 309–11 argues for a causal use here because of the proclam., with reff.; against him RMarcus, ibid. 129f; 71, ’52, 43f; JDavis, Restoration Qtrly 24, ’81, 80–88.

ⓑ for βαπτίζω εἰς s. βαπτίζω 2c.

ⓒ μένειν εἰς remain with (PFay 111, 12 [95/96 A.D.]) so perh. J 6:27.

ⓓ in pregnant constructions: σῴζειν εἰς bring safely into 2 Ti 4:18 (cp. X., An. 6, 4, 8; Diod S 2, 48; Cebes 27; SIG 521, 26 [III B.C.], OGI 56, 11; 4 Macc 15:3). διασῴζειν 1 Pt 3:20 (cp. Gen 19:19). μισθοῦσθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τ. ἀμπελῶνα to go into the vineyard Mt 20:1. ἐλευθεροῦσθαι εἰς be freed and come to Ro 8:21. ἀποδιδόναι τινὰ εἰς Αἴγυπτον Ac 7:9 (cp. Gen 37:28). ἔνοχος εἰς τ. γέενναν Mt 5:22; cp. 10:9; Mk 6:8; J 20:7.—DELG. M-M. TW.

1 rest (reposo).

tomarse un descanso to take a rest

día de descanso day off

2 break (pausa).

3 relief (alivio).

4 stair landing, platform of staircase, landing.

5 coffee break.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descansar.

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► nombre masculino

1 rest, break

2 (en un espectáculo) interval; (en un partido) interval, half-time

3 (alivio) relief, comfort

■ ¡qué descanso! what a relief!

4 (rellano) landing

\

¡descanso! MILITAR at ease!

sin descanso without a break

descanso eterno eternal rest

* * *

1) rest

2) break

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1) (=reposo) rest

2) (=pausa) break; (Dep) half-time; (Teat) interval, intermission (EEUU)

3) (=alivio) relief

4) (Rel)

5) [en escalera] landing

6) (Téc) rest, support

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1)

a) ( reposo) rest

b) (en trabajo, colegio) break

c) (Mil)

d) ( de un muerto) rest

2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval

3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief

4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing

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= coffee break, free time, respite, recess, rest, work break, half time, break time [breaktime], tea break, reprieve, break.

Ex. During the coffee break, someone pointed out that most of your readers will look under the term BANTU rather than the technical name.

Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.

Ex. There are five types of 'gratification', instrumental, prestige, reinforcement, aesthetic and respite, to be derived from the reading of literature.

Ex. One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.

Ex. If they are non-librarians they might be released after a suitable period of chastisement but librarians should spend eternity there endlessly looking for 'Smith, E.S.' without rest or sympathy.

Ex. The personnel policy should also include a statement concerning number and length of work breaks and a statement regarding attendance at library meetings -- who attends, whether time off with pay and/or travel expenses are awarded.

Ex. The article 'Practitioners v. educators (1-0 at half time)' looks at the problems of selecting students acceptable to both educators and practitioners in librarianship.

Ex. How about staggering lunch hours and break times? We could send smokers at one time and non-smokers at another.

Ex. Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.

Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.

Ex. Deliberate editing requires time, preferably with a break between editing stints.

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* área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.

* dar descanso de = give + relief from.

* darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* descanso con refrigerio = refreshment break.

* descanso de invierno = winterbreak.

* descanso del mediodía = midday break.

* descanso en el camino = rest stop.

* descanso eterno = eternal rest.

* descanso para comer = meal break.

* descanso para fumar = smoke break.

* descanso para ir al baño = bathroom break.

* día de descanso = holiday.

* durante el descanso = at breaktime.

* lugar de descanso = resting place.

* período de descanso = rest time.

* sala de descanso = coffee lounge.

* sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.

* sin un descanso = without a break, without (a) rest.

* tomarse un descanso = take + time out, take + Posesivo + break, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* tomarse unos días de descanso = take + a break from work.

* tomar un descanso = take + a breather, take + a break from work.

* trabajar sin descanso = work off + Posesivo + shoes, work (a)round + the clock.

* un día de descanso = a day away from.

* zona de descanso = rest area.

* * *

1)

a) ( reposo) rest

b) (en trabajo, colegio) break

c) (Mil)

d) ( de un muerto) rest

2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval

3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief

4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing

* * *

* * *

1 (reposo) rest

no he tenido ni un momento de descanso I haven't had a moment's rest

es un lugar tranquilo, ideal para el descanso it's a quiet spot, ideal for a restful break

no hagas ruido, debemos respetar su descanso don't make any noise, we must let him rest

se ha tomado cuatro días de descanso she has taken four days off

trabajó sin descanso hasta conseguirlo he worked tirelessly o without a break until he had done it

[ S ] lunes, descanso ( Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays

2 (período) break

necesitas un descanso you need a break

3 ( Mil):

estaban en posición de descanso they were standing at ease

4 (de un muerto) rest

se ruega una oración por su eterno descanso we ask you to pray for his eternal rest

B (intervalo) ( Dep) half time; ( Teatr) interval

C (alivio, tranquilidad) relief

¡qué descanso! estaba tan preocupado what a relief! I was so worried

D (Col, CS) (rellano) landing

* * *

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

a) (de actividad, trabajo) to rest, have a rest;

◊ sin descanso without a break;

b) ( yacer) to lie;

◊ que en paz descanse God rest his soul

◊ descanso la vista to rest one's eyes, to give one's eyes a rest;

a) ( reposo) rest

b) (en trabajo, colegio) break;

◊ sin descanso without a break

c) (Mil):

◊ estar en posición de descanso to be standing at ease

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descanso nm

1. [reposo] rest;

tomarse un descanso to take a rest;

necesito un descanso, me hace falta un descanso I need a rest;

día de descanso day off;

los lunes cerramos por descanso semanal we don't open on Mondays;

sin descanso without a rest o break;

trabajar/luchar sin descanso to work/fight tirelessly

2. [pausa] break;

en la escuela hacemos un descanso de veinte minutos at school our break lasts twenty minutes;

el resultado en el descanso es de una a cero the score at half-time is Br one-nil o US one-zero

3. [alivio] relief;

ya no tengo que preocuparme por los exámenes, ¡qué descanso! I don't have to worry about my exams any more, thank God!

4. Mil

¡descanso! at ease!

5. Méx, RP [descansillo] landing

* * *

1 rest;

sin descanso without a break;

tomarse un descanso take a break, have a rest

2 DEP half-time; TEA interval

3 L.Am. ( descansillo) landing

* * *

descanso nm

1) : rest, relaxation

2) : break

3) : landing (of a staircase)

4) : intermission

* * *

descanso n

1. (reposo) rest

2. (pausa) break

3. (en un partido) half time

4. (en el teatro, cine) interval

1. eternal; (unaufhörlich) auch everlasting; Frieden, Glück etc.: auch perpetual; Liebe, Treue etc.: auch undying; (endlos) endless; der Ewige (Gott) the Eternal, the Everlasting; das Ewige the eternal; der Ewige Jude the Wandering Jew; die ewige Jugend eternal youth; das ewige Leben eternal life, immortality; ewige Liebe / Treue schwören pledge one’s eternal oder undying love / loyalty; ewiger Schnee eternal ( oder perpetual) snow; die Ewige Stadt (Rom) the Eternal City; seit ewigen Zeiten from ( oder since) time immemorial; das ewige Licht KATH. the sanctuary lamp; Jagdgründe

2. umg. (ständig) eternal, constant, incessant; (endlos) endless; ewiger Student eternal student; der ewige Verlierer the perennial loser; ewiger Zweifler etc. arch-sceptic (Am. - skeptic) etc.; seit ewigen Zeiten (schon lange) for ages; du mit deiner ewigen Meckerei etc. you never stop, do you?

1. forever, eternally; auf immer und ewig for ever and ever

2. umg.: ewig ( lange) for ever, for ages; ewig und drei Tage for ever and a day; ich habe dich ewig ( lange) nicht mehr gesehen I haven’t seen you for ages; es dauert ewig it’s taking ages ( oder for ever); er jammert ewig he never stops moaning; da kannst du ewig warten you can wait ( oder they can keep you waiting) there for ever; der ewig gleiche Trott the same old routine day after day

3. umg. (sehr) very; es ist ewig schade it’s just too bad

* * *

endless (Adj.); everlasting (Adj.); perpetual (Adj.); forevermore (Adj.); imperishable (Adj.); eternal (Adj.)

* * *

1. adj

2. adv

* * *

1) eternally

2) (without end; lasting for ever; unchanging: God is eternal; eternal life.) eternal

3) maturely

4) (never-ending: the timeless beauty of Venice.) timeless

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I. adj

1. (immer während) eternal

\ewiges Eis/ \ewiger Schnee perpetual ice/snow

das \ewige Leben eternal [or everlasting] life

\ewige Liebe undying love

die E\ewig Stadt the Eternal City

2. (pej fam: ständig)

\ewiges Gejammer never-ending [or non-stop] moaning and groaning

II. adv

1. (dauernd) eternally; (seit jeher) always

[schon] \ewig bestehen to have always existed; (für immer) for ever, forever

jdm \ewig dankbar sein to be eternally grateful to sb

schwören, jdn \ewig zu lieben to swear one's undying love to sb

auf \ewig for ever

2. (fam: ständig) always

in der Kantine gibt es \ewig denselben Fraß (fam) the canteen always dishes up the same [old] grub fam

3. (fam: lange Zeitspanne) for ages

den habe ich schon \ewig nicht mehr gesehen I haven't seen him in [or for] ages fam

das dauert [ja] \ewig! it's taking ages [and ages]! fam

▶ drum prüfe, wer sich \ewig bindet (prov) marry in haste, repent at leisure prov

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Adjektiv eternal, everlasting <life, peace>; eternal, undying < love>; (abwertend) never-ending

adverbial eternally; for ever

* * *

A. adj

1. eternal; (unaufhörlich) auch everlasting; Frieden, Glück etc: auch perpetual; Liebe, Treue etc: auch undying; (endlos) endless;

der Ewige (Gott) the Eternal, the Everlasting;

das Ewige the eternal;

der Ewige Jude the Wandering Jew;

die ewige Jugend eternal youth;

das ewige Leben eternal life, immortality;

ewige Liebe/Treue schwören pledge one’s eternal oder undying love/loyalty;

ewiger Schnee eternal ( oder perpetual) snow;

die Ewige Stadt (Rom) the Eternal City;

seit ewigen Zeiten from ( oder since) time immemorial;

das ewige Licht KATH the sanctuary lamp; → Jagdgründe

2. umg (ständig) eternal, constant, incessant; (endlos) endless;

ewiger Student eternal student;

der ewige Verlierer the perennial loser;

ewiger Zweifler etc arch-sceptic (US - skeptic) etc;

seit ewigen Zeiten (schon lange) for ages;

du mit deiner ewigen Meckerei etc you never stop, do you?

B. adv

1. forever, eternally;

auf immer und ewig for ever and ever

2. umg:

ewig (lange) for ever, for ages;

ewig und drei Tage for ever and a day;

ich habe dich ewig (lange) nicht mehr gesehen I haven’t seen you for ages;

es dauert ewig it’s taking ages ( oder for ever);

er jammert ewig he never stops moaning;

da kannst du ewig warten you can wait ( oder they can keep you waiting) there for ever;

der ewig gleiche Trott the same old routine day after day

3. umg (sehr) very;

es ist ewig schade it’s just too bad

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Adjektiv eternal, everlasting <life, peace>; eternal, undying < love>; (abwertend) never-ending

adverbial eternally; for ever

* * *

eternal adj.

everlasting adj.

perpetual adj. adv.

eternally adv.

imperishably adv.

finally, for the first time in a long period or after a long wait

at (long) last

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[PrepP; these forms only; adv; most often used with pfv past verbs; when used with impfv or pfv fut verbs, usu. denotes a repeated action; fixed WO]

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⇒ finally, for the first time in a long period or after a long wait:

- at (long) last;

- after all this time;

- after an eternity (of waiting <of silence etc>);

- [of repeated actions] once in a blue moon;

- once in a great while.

     ♦ "...Зачем ты это сделал [загнал полицмейстера в клозет]? Ты его не любишь?" - "Давайте об этом не будем", - предложил Виктор. "Так, а о чем же мы будем?.. В кои веки случилось что-то интересное, и сразу - не будем" (Стругацкие 1). "...Why did you do it [lock the police chief in the lavatory]? Don't you like him?" "Let's not talk about it," proposed Viktor. "Then what will we talk about?...At long last something interesting happens, and right away we can't talk about it" (1a)

     ♦...Близилось открытое и общемосковское - в кои-то веки! - собрание советских писателей... (Свирский 1). The open, all-Moscow conference of Soviet writers was approaching after an eternity of silence (1a).

     ♦ Ефим и Наташа приехали в субботу, как раз к тому дню, когда было решено накрыть стол... В кои веки собрались все вместе... (Рыбаков 1). Yefim and Natasha arrived on a Saturday, the very day we had decided to 'have a spread'...-once in a blue moon the whole family got together... (1a).

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[PrepP; these forms only; adv; most often used with pfv past verbs; when used with impfv or pfv fut verbs, usu. denotes a repeated action; fixed WO]

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⇒ finally, for the first time in a long period or after a long wait:

- at (long) last;

- after all this time;

- after an eternity (of waiting <of silence etc>);

- [of repeated actions] once in a blue moon;

- once in a great while.

     ♦ "...Зачем ты это сделал [загнал полицмейстера в клозет]? Ты его не любишь?" - "Давайте об этом не будем", - предложил Виктор. "Так, а о чем же мы будем?.. В кои веки случилось что-то интересное, и сразу - не будем" (Стругацкие 1). "...Why did you do it [lock the police chief in the lavatory]? Don't you like him?" "Let's not talk about it," proposed Viktor. "Then what will we talk about?...At long last something interesting happens, and right away we can't talk about it" (1a)

     ♦...Близилось открытое и общемосковское - в кои-то веки! - собрание советских писателей... (Свирский 1). The open, all-Moscow conference of Soviet writers was approaching after an eternity of silence (1a).

     ♦ Ефим и Наташа приехали в субботу, как раз к тому дню, когда было решено накрыть стол... В кои веки собрались все вместе... (Рыбаков 1). Yefim and Natasha arrived on a Saturday, the very day we had decided to 'have a spread'...-once in a blue moon the whole family got together... (1a).

अनन्त a. [नास्ति अन्तो यस्य] Endless, infinite, eternal, boundless, inexhaustible; ˚रत्नप्रभवस्य यस्य Ku.1.3.

-न्तः 1 N. of Viṣṇu; गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सिद्धाः किन्नरोरगचारणाः । नान्तं गुणानां जानन्ति (नास्यान्तमधिगच्छन्ति) तेनानन्तो$यमुच्यते ॥; also of Viṣṇu's couch, the serpent -Śeṣa; of Kṛiṣṇa and his brother; of Siva, the 14th Arhat; Vāsuki, the lord of serpents अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानाम् Bg.1.29.

-2 A cloud.

-3 Talc.

-4 N. of a plant (सिन्दु- वार) Vitex Trifolia (Mar. निरगुडी).

-5 The asterism श्रवण.

-6 A silken cord with 14 knots tied round the right arm on the अनन्तचतुर्दशी day.

-7 The letter आ.

-न्ता 1 The earth (the endless).

-2 The number one.

-3 Names of various females; N. of Pārvatī.

-4 Names of various plants; शारिवा, अनन्तमूल (a very medicinal plant) दूर्वा, आमलकी, गुडूची, अग्निमन्थ, कणा, लाङ्गली, दुरालाभा, हरीतकी, अग्निशिखा, श्यामलता, पिप्पली.

-न्ती A small silken cord tied round the left arm of a woman.

-न्तम् 1 The sky, atmosphere.

-2 Infinity, eternity.

-3 Absolution, final beatitude; तदनन्ताय कल्पते Pt.2.72.

-4 The Supreme Spirit, Brahman (परब्रह्म,); सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्मेति श्रुतिः । न व्यापित्वाद्देशतो$न्तो नित्यत्वान्नापि कालतः । न वस्तुतो$पि सर्वात्म्यादानन्त्यं ब्रह्मणि त्रिधा ॥

-5 A sloping and a projecting member of the entabla- ture representing a continued pent-roof; अनन्तं चान्तरिक्षं च प्रस्तरं चाष्टधा लुपाः । Māna.18.174-175. cf. अनन्तः शेषविष्ण्वोश्चानवधौ क्लीबमम्बरे । स्त्रियां स्याच्छारिपादूर्वाविशल्याला- ङ्गलीषु च । हैमवत्यां गळूच्यां च...। Nm.

-Comp. -आत्मन् m. the Supreme Spirit;

-कर a. magnifying to any extent; P.III.2.21.

-ग a. moving forever.

-गुण a. possessed of endless merits; of countless or infinite possessed of endless merits; of countless or infinite number; प्लवङ्गानामनन्तगुणतैधते Mv.6.55.

-चतुर्दशी, -˚व्रतम् [अनन्तस्य आराधनं यस्यां सा चतुर्दशी] the 14th day of the bright half of Bhādrapada when Ananta is worshipped

-चरित्रः N. of a Bodhisattva.

-जित् (अनन्तानि भूतानि जितवान्)

1 N. of Vāsudeva, the conqueror of all.

-2 N. of an Arhat deity.

-तान a. of endless width, extensive.

-तीर्थकृत् m.

1 one who visits many places of polgimage.

-2 a Jaina deity.

-तृतीया the third day of the bright half of भाद्रपद, मार्गशीर्ष or वैशाख; नभस्ये वाथ वैशाखे मार्गशीर्षे$थवा पुनः । शुक्ल- पक्षतृतीयायां... उक्तानन्ततृतीयैषा सुतानन्दफलप्रदा.

-दृष्टिः [अनन्ता दृष्टयो नेत्राणि यस्य] N. of Śiva, or of Indra.

-देवः [अनन्तो देव इव]

1 the serpent Seṣa.

-2 [अनन्ते दीव्यति; दिव्-अच्] N. of Nārayaṇa who sleeps on Seṣa.

-3 N. of the king of Kashmir.

-नेमिः N. of the king of Mālava, a contemporary of शाक्यमुनि

-पार a. of endless width, boundless; ˚रं किल शब्दशास्त्रम् Pt.1.

-पालः N. of a warrior- chief in Kashmir.

-मतिः N. of a Bodhisattva.

-मायिन् a. of endless tricks, endlessly deceitful.

-मूलः a medi- cinal plant (शारिवा).

-राशिः an infinite quantity.

-रूप a. of innumerable forms or shapes; epithet of Visnu.

-वातः a disease of the head, resembling teta- nus.

-विक्रमिन् N. of a Bodhisattva.

-विजयः [अनन्तान् विजयते ध्वनिद्वारा अनेन] N. of Yudhiṣṭhira's conchshell. अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः Bg.1.16.

-वीर्यः N. of the 23rd Jaina Arhat of a future age.

-व्रतम् 1 See अनन्तचतुर्दशी above.

-2 N. of the 12nd Adhyaya of the Bhaviṣyottara-Purāṇa.

-शक्ति a. of boundless power, omnipotent, epithet of the Supreme Being.

-शयनम् Travancore; Sriraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (because there are temples of Viṣṇu reclining on अनन्त Serpent).

-शीर्ष N. of Visnu or the Supreme Being. (

-र्षा) N. of the wife of Vāsuki.

-शुष्म a. Ved. possessing endless strength; endlessly blowing.

-श्री a. of boundless magnificence, an epithet of the Supreme Being.

1. \К-251\К-251 чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end: X-y конца-краю не видно - X has no bounds

2. \К-251- чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever: X-y конца-краю нет - there's no end to X

3. \К-251\К-251 кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o. 's possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет - there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца и краю не видать чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца и краю не видать чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца и краю не видать кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца и краю не видно чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца и краю не видно чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца и краю не видно кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца и краю несть чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца и краю несть чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца и краю несть кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца и краю нет чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца и краю нет чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца и краю нет кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца не видать чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца не видать чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца не видать кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца не видно чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца не видно чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца не видно кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца несть чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца несть чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца несть кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца нет чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца нет чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца нет кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).

• КОНЦА-КРАЮ <-я> <КОНЦА И КРАЮ, НИ КОНЦА НИ КРАЮ, КОНЦА> НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs, НЕ ВИДНО, НЕ ВИДАТЬ>

[VPsubj/ gen (variants with нет) or VPsubj/ gen быть, usu. pres (variants with не видно, не видать)]

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1. конца-краю не видать чему sth. extends extremely far into the distance, seemingly without end:

- X-y конца-краю не видно≈ X has no bounds;

- X has no end (or limit);

- X goes on forever;

- you can't see where X starts or (where it) ends.

     ♦ И как нет, казалось, конца и края бегущей воде, нет и веку деревне... (Распутин 4). And just as the flowing water seemed to have no end or limit, the village seemed ageless... (4a).

2. конца-краю не видать чему sth. lasts an extremely longtime, seemingly forever:

- X-y конца-краю нет≈ there's no end to X;

- X goes on and on;

- X goes on endlessly;

- X lasts an eternity.

     ♦ Для обитателей нашей улицы эта семья была идеалом, витриной достигнутого счастья... Они не только дают полюбоваться своим счастьем, от щедрот его и соседям немало перепадает... Вот так они жили на нашей улице, и, казалось, конца и края не будет этой благодати. И вдруг однажды всё разлетелось на куски! Вахтанг был убит на охоте случайным выстрелом товарища (Искандер 5). То the residents of our street this family was an ideal, a showcase of achieved happiness....Not only were the neighbors allowed to admire their happiness, they also came in for a goodly share in its abundance....Thus they lived on our street, and it seemed there would be no end to this abundance. And suddenly one day everything fell apart! Vakhtang was accidentally shot to death by a comrade while hunting (5a).

3. конца-краю не видать кому-чему there is an extremely large number of people or things, or an extremely large quantity of sth. (in some place, in s.o.'s possession etc), there seems to be an infinite number or quantity: Х-ам конца-краю нет ≈ there's no end (or limit) to (the) Xs; Xs are endless; Xs are (seem) inexhaustible.

     ♦ В те времена я ему нравился как хороший слушатель его любовных приключений. Этим приключениям не было ни конца ни края... (Искандер 2). He liked me then because I was a good audience for his stories of romantic adventure. There was no end or limit to these adventures... (2a).

     ♦ Богатств было пропасть, и конца им не видно было... (Толстой 6). There was an abundance of wealth: it seemed inexhaustible... (6a).