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τελέω G5055

teléō

tel-eh'-o

from τέλος; to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):--accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform.

Abbott–Smith

τελέω, -ῶ (< τέλος), [in LXX for כָּלָה, pi., etc. ;]
1. to bring to an end, complete, finish: τ. δρόμον, II Ti 4:7; τ. λόγους, Mt 7:28 19:1 26:1; τ. παραβολάς, Mt 13:53; τ. πόλεις, Mt 10:23; pass., Re 15:8 20:3, 5, 7; c. ptcp., Mt 11:1.
2. to execute, perform, complete, fulfil: Lk 2:39, Ac 13:29, Ro 2:27, II Co 12:9, Ga 5:16, Ja 2:8, Re 11:7; pass., Lk 12:50 18:31 22:37, Jo 19:28, 30, Re 10:7 15:1 17:17.
3. to pay (freq. in cl.): Mt 17:24, Ro 13:6
(cf. ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-τελέω).†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


26 occurrences

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  • John 19:28
    After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
  • John 19:30
    When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
  • Acts 13:29
    And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
  • Romans 2:27
    And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
  • Romans 13:6
    For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
  • Galatians 5:16
    This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7
    I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
  • James 2:8
    If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
  • Revelation 10:7
    But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
  • Revelation 11:7
    And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.