Greek core word #285 · adjective · 52 times in the New Testament
ἔσχατος
ES-kah-tosἔσχατος, ἐσχάτη, ἔσχατον — last
- 2-1-2 adjective with feminine in -η (ἔσχατος, ἐσχάτη, ἔσχατον); accent moves to the penult before a long ending.
- ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις “in the last days”; οἱ ἔσχατοι “the last”.
Forms in bold occur in the New Testament; the others complete the pattern. A dash (—) marks a form that does not exist.
2-1-2 adjective (fem. -η)
| Masc. sg | Fem. sg | Neut. sg | Masc. pl | Fem. pl | Neut. pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom | ἔσχατος | ἐσχάτη | ἔσχατον | ἔσχατοι | ἔσχαται | ἔσχατα |
| Gen | ἐσχάτου | ἐσχάτης | ἐσχάτου | ἐσχάτων | ἐσχάτων | ἐσχάτων |
| Dat | ἐσχάτῳ | ἐσχάτῃ | ἐσχάτῳ | ἐσχάτοις | ἐσχάταις | ἐσχάτοις |
| Acc | ἔσχατον | ἐσχάτην | ἔσχατον | ἐσχάτους | ἐσχάτας | ἔσχατα |
Where you meet it
First met in passage 51, Luke 12:59.
Explained in the notes of 2 passages:
From Appendix B of the Greek and Latin with Jerome study companion · PDF page 229 · open the PDF here