τελέω,
τέλω; 1 aorist
ἐτελεσα (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 13, 3 c.); perfect
τετέλεκα (
2 Timothy 4:7); passive, present 3 person singular
τελεῖται (
2 Corinthians 12:9 L T Tr WH); perfect
τετελεσμαι; 1 aorist
ἐτελέσθην; 1 future
τελεσθήσομαι; (
τέλος); from
Homer down;
1. to bring to a close, to finish, to end:
ἔτη, passive,
passed, finished, Revelation 20:3,
5,
7 ((so from
Homer and
Hesiod down;
Aristotle, h. a. 7, 1 at the beginning, p. 580{a}, 14
ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τος δίς ἑπτά τετελεσμενοις);
τριῶν τελουμενων ἡμερῶν,
Lucian, Alex. 38);
τόν δρόμον (
Homer, Iliad 23, 373, 768;
Sophocles Electr. 726),
2 Timothy 4:7;
τούς λόγους,
Matthew 7:28 L T Tr WH;
Matt. 19:1;
26:1;
τάς παραβολάς,
Matthew 13:53; (
ἄχρι τελεσθῶσιν αἱ πληγαί,
Revelation 15:8); a rare use is
τέλειν τάς πόλεις, i. e. your flight or journey through the cities (
R. V. ye shall not have gone through the cities, etc.),
Matthew 10:23 (similar are
ἀνύειν τούς τόπους,
Polybius 5, 8, 1;
τά ἕλη, 3, 79, 5; consummare Italiam, Flor. 1, (13) 18, 1; explere urbes,
Tibull. 1, 4, 69; conficere aequor immensum,
Vergil Georg. 2, 541; also xii., signorum orbem,
Cicero, nat. deor. 2, 20, 52); with the participle of a verb (like
ἄρχομαι,
παύομαι, cf.
Winers Grammar, § 45, 4 a.;
Buttmann, § 144, 14),
Matthew 11:1.
2. to perform, execute, complete, fulfill (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command, etc.), i. e.
α. with special reference to the subject-matter, to carry out the contents of a command":
τόν νόμον,
Romans 2:27 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 134 (127));
James 2:8;
τήν ἐπιθυμίαν (i. e.
τό ἐπιθυμουμενον),
Galatians 5:16.
β. with reference also to the form,
to do just as commanded, and generally involving a notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process,
to accomplish, fulfill:
ἅπαντα (
πάντα)
τά κατά νόμον,
Luke 2:39;
τήν μαρτυρίαν, the duty of testifying,
Revelation 11:7;
τό μυστήριον, passive,
Revelation 10:7 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 277 (260));
τό βάπτισμα, passive,
Luke 12:50;
πάντα, passive,
John 19:28 (the distinction between
τελέω and
τελειόω may be seen in this verse);
τούς λόγους (
τά ῤήματα)
τοῦ Θεοῦ, passive,
Revelation 17:17;
ἅπαντα (
πάντα)
τά γεγραμμένα,
Acts 13:29; passive,
Luke 18:31 (see
γράφω, 2 c.); with
ἐν ἐμοί (in me) added, in my experience,
Luke 22:37;
ἐν πληγαῖς, in the infliction of calamities,
Revelation 15:1;
τετέλεσται (
A. V. it is finished) everything has been accomplished which by the appointment of the Father as revealed in the Scriptures I must do and bear,
John 19:30. equivalent to
τελειόω, 2, which see (
made perfect):
2 Corinthians 12:9 L T Tr WH.
3. to pay:
τά δίδραχμα,
Matthew 17:24;
φόρους,
Romans 13:6, (
τόν φόρον,
Plato, Alc. 1, p. 123 a.;
τά τέλη, often in Attic writings). (Compare:
ἀποτελέω,
διατελέω,
ἐκτελέω,
ἐπιτελέω,
συντελέω.)
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