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Strong's numbers

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

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 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.

27 in the Septuagint

  • Numbers 25:3
    καὶ ἐτελέσθη Ἰσραὴλ τῷ Βεελφεγώρ· καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ Κύριος τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
  • Numbers 25:5
    καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς ταῖς φυλαῖς Ἰσραήλ Ἀποκτείνατε ἕκαστος τὸν οἰκεῖον αὐτοῦ τὸν τετελεσμένον τῷ Βεελφεγώρ.
  • Ruth 2:21
    καὶ εἶπεν Ῥοὺθ πρὸς τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς καὶ γε ὅτι εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Μετὰ τῶν παιδαρίων μου κολλήθητι ἕως ἂν τελέσωσιν ὅλον τὸν ἀμητὸν ὃς ὑπάρχει μοι.
  • Ruth 3:18
    ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Κάθου, θύγατερ, ἕως τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναί σε πῶς οὐ πεσεῖται ῥῆμα· οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἡσυχάσῃ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἕως ἂν τελέσῃ τὸ ῥῆμα σήμερον.
  • 1 Esdras 6:4
    Τίνος ὑμῖν συντάξαντος τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομεῖτε καὶ τὴν στέγην ταύτην καὶ τἄλλα πάντα ἐπιτελεῖτε; καὶ τίνες εἰσὶν οἱ οἰκοδόμοι οἱ ταῦτα τελοῦντες;
  • 1 Esdras 8:65
    Καὶ τούτων τελεσθέντων προσήλθοσάν μοι οἱ ἡγούμενοι λέγοντες
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 1:1
    Καὶ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως Περσῶν, τοῦ τελεσθῆναι ἀπὸ στόματος Ἰερεμίου, ἐξήγειρεν τὸ πνεῦμα Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν, καὶ παρήγγειλεν φωνὴν ἐν πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ καί γε ἐν γραπτῷ λέγων
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 5:16
    τότε Σαρβαγὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἦλθεν καὶ ἔδωκεν θεμελίους τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἀπὸ τότε ἕως τοῦ νῦν ᾠκοδομήθη, καὶ οὐκ ἐτελέσθη.
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 6:15
    καὶ ἐτέλεσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, ὅς ἐστιν ἔτος ἕκτον τῇ βασιλείᾳ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως.
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 7:12
    Ἀσαρθαθὰ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων Ἔσρᾳ γραμματεῖ νόμου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. τετέλεστο λόγος καὶ ἡ ἀπόκρισις.
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 9:1
    Καὶ ὡς ἐτελέσθη ταῦτα, ἤγγισαν πρὸς μὲ οἱ ἄρχοντες λέγοντες Οὐκ ἐχωρίσθη ὁ λαὸς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται ἀπὸ λαῶν τῶν γαιῶν ἐν μακρύμμασιν αὐτῶν· τῷ Χανανεί, ὁ Ἑθεί, ὁ Φερεσθεί, ὁ Ἰεβουσεί, ὁ Ἀμμωνεί, ὁ Μωάβ, ὁ Μοσερεὶ καὶ ὁ Ἀμορεί·
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 10:17
    καὶ ἐτέλεσαν ἐν πᾶσιν ἀνδράσιν οἳ ἐκάθισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἕως ἡμέρας μιᾶς τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου.
  • 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 16:15
    καὶ ἐτελέσθη τὸ τεῖχος πέμπτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ Ἐδοὺδ εἰς πεντήκοντα καὶ δύο ἡμέρας.
  • Judith 8:34
    ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐξερευνήσετε τὴν πρᾶξίν μου, οὐ γὰρ ἐρῶ ὑμῖν ἕως τοῦ τελεσθῆναι ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ.
  • Tobit (B + A) 7:9
    καὶ ἔθυσαν κριὸν προβάτων, καὶ παρέθηκαν ὄψα πλείονα. Εἶπεν δὲ Τωβείας τῷ Ῥαφαήλ Ἀζαρία ἀδελφέ, Λάλησον ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔλεγες ἐν τῇ πορεία, καὶ τελεσθήτω τὸ πρᾶγμα.
  • 1 Maccabees 4:51
    καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἄρτους, καὶ ἐξεπέτασαν τὰ καταπετάσματα· καὶ ἐτέλεσαν πάντα τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐποίησαν.
  • 1 Maccabees 13:10
    καὶ συνήγαγεν πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς πολεμιστάς, καὶ ἐτάχυνεν τοῦ τελέσαι τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὀχύρωσεν αὐτὴν κυκλόθεν.
  • 2 Maccabees 4:23
    Μετὰ δὲ τριετῆ χρόνον ἀπέστειλεν Ἰάσων Μενέλαον, τὸν τοῦ προσημαινομένου Σίμωνος ἀδελφόν, παρακομίζοντα τὰ χρήματα τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ περὶ πραγμάτων ἀναγκαίων ὑπομνηματισμοὺς τελέσοντα.
  • 3 Maccabees 5:27
    τοῦ δὲ ἀποδεξαμένου καὶ καταπλαγέντος ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνόμῳ ἐξόδῳ, κατὰ πάντα ἀγνωσίᾳ κεκρατημένος ἐπυνθάνετο, ὅτι τὸ διασαφούμενον ἔτι αὐτῷ μετὰ σπουδῆς τετέλεσται.
  • Psalms 105:28
    καὶ ἐτελέσθησαν τῷ Βεελφεγώρ, καὶ ἔφαγον θυσίας νεκρῶν·
  • Wisdom 4:16
    κατακρινεῖ δὲ δίκαιος καμὼν τοὺς ζῶντας ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ νεότης τελεσθεῖσα ταχέως πολυετὴς γῆρας ἀδίκου.
  • Sirach 7:25
    ἔκδου θυγατέρα, καὶ ἔσῃ τετελεκὼς ἔργον μέγα, καὶ ἀνδρὶ συνετῷ δώρησαι αὐτήν.
  • Sirach 38:27
    οὕτως πᾶς τέκτων καὶ ἀρχιτέκτων, ὅστις νύκτωρ ὡς ἡμέρᾳ διάγει· οἱ γλύφοντες γλύμματα σφραγίδων, καὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ αὐτοῦ ἀλλοιῶσαι ποικιλίαν· καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει εἰς ὁμοιῶσαι ζωγραφίαν, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ τελέσαι ἔργον.
  • Hosea 4:14
    καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπισκέψωμαι ἐπὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν ὅταν πορνεύωσιν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς νύμφας ὑμῶν ὅταν μοιχεύωσιν· ὅτι αὐτοὶ μετὰ τῶν πορνῶν συνεφύροντο, καὶ μετὰ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔθυον, καὶ ὁ λαὸς ὁ συνίων συνεπλέκετο μετὰ πόρνης.
  • Isaiah 55:11
    οὕτως ἔσται τὸ ῥῆμά μου ὃ ἐὰν ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου, οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἕως ἂν τελεσθῇ ὅσα ἠθέλησα, καὶ εὐοδώσω τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ τὰ ἐντάλματά μου.
  • Daniel (Old Greek) 4:30
    ἕως δὲ πρωὶ πάντα τελεσθήσεται ἐπὶ σέ, Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεῦ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ οὐχ ὑστερήσει ἀπὸ πάντων τούτων οὐθέν.
  • Daniel (Theodotion) 11:16
    καὶ ποιήσει ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος πρὸς αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἑστὼς κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· καὶ στήσεται ἐν τῇ γῇ τοῦ σαβείρ, καὶ τελεσθήσεται ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.