Eschatos | Greek Mnemonics

Bill Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards (2nd Edition):

9. eschatos (ἔσχατος, -η, -ον): last

Mnemonics / Memory Aids: 

A.) My last class is Eschatology. 

B.) Eschatology is the study of last things. (Tanner Huss) 

C.) Eschatology is a word about the ‘end’ times. (Danny Zacharias, FlashGreek Lite) 

D.) Eschatology = End Times. If you know eschatology is the study of the last things, remember "eschatos" means last. (ChatGPT) 

E.) Here’s a rhyming couplet to help remember that eschatos means “last”: 

“From Patmos’ isle, John’s visions blast, Of fire, thrones, and days eschatos.” Cf. The Book of Revelation. (Poem by ChatGPT) 

F.) “ESCape at the Last” You’re in a game, and you press “ESC” (escape) at the last moment: eschatos = last. (ChatGPT) 

G.) Think: “The escalator stops at the last floor—eschatos!” (ChatGPT) 

H.) “Hey, skat to the last!” (Bill Mounce) 

I.) “Scat! It’s the last!” Imagine someone yelling “Scat!” as the last cookie is taken. “Es-scat-os” = last. (ChatGPT) 

J.) “In Gk. [Greek] thinking . . . eschatos means the opposite of prōtos (first).” (Verlyn D. Verbrugge, New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Abridged Edition, p. 211.)