Dictionary entry

ἔσχατος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

ἔσχατος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for אַחֲרִיתאַחֲרוֹן;]

last, utmost, extreme;

(a) of place: of the lowest or least honoured place, Lk 14:9, 10; τ. ἔσχατον, c. gen. part., Ac 1:813:47;

(b) of time: Mt 20:12, 14, Mk 12:6, 22, opp. to πρῶτος, Mt 20:8, I Co 15:45, Re 2:19, al.; τὰ ἔ. καὶ τ. πρῶτα, Mt 12:45, Lk 11:26, II Pe 2:20; of the Eternal, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔ., Re 1:172:822:13; in phrases relating to the Messianic age and the consummation of the Kingdom of God: ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου (-ων) τ. ἡμερῶν, He 1:2, II Pe 3:3; τ. χρόνων, I Pe 1:20; ἔ. ὥρα, I Jo 2:18; ἐπ’ ἐ. χόνου, Ju 18; ἐν ἐ. ἡμέραις, Ac 2:17, Ja 5:3, II Ti 3:1; neut., ἔσχατον, as adv., Mk 12:22, I Co 15:8;

(c) of rank: Mk 9:35, I Co 4:9