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Lexicon :: Strong's G5055 - teleō

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τελέω
Transliteration
teleō (Key)
Pronunciation
tel-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:57,1161

Strong’s Definitions

τελέω teléō, tel-eh'-o; from G5056; to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):—accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's G5055 in the following manner: finish (8x), fulfil (7x), accomplish (4x), pay (2x), perform (1x), expire (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's G5055 in the following manner: finish (8x), fulfil (7x), accomplish (4x), pay (2x), perform (1x), expire (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to bring to a close, to finish, to end

    1. passed, finished

  2. to perform, execute, complete, fulfil, (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command etc.)

    1. with special reference to the subject matter, to carry out the contents of a command

    2. with reference also to the form, to do just as commanded, and generally involving the notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process, to accomplish, fulfil

  3. to pay

    1. of tribute

      In Jhn 19:30 the word means, "It is finished." Christ satisfied God's justice by dying for all to pay for the sins of the elect. These sins can never be punished again since that would violate God's justice. Sins can only be punished once, either by a substitute or by yourself.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τελέω teléō, tel-eh'-o; from G5056; to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):—accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform.
STRONGS G5055:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:28; 10:23; 11:1; 13:53; 17:24; 19:1; 26:1
Luke
2:39; 12:50; 18:31; 22:37
John
19:28; 19:30
Acts
13:29
Romans
2:27; 13:6
2 Corinthians
12:9; 12:9
Galatians
5:16
2 Timothy
4:7; 4:7
James
2:8
Revelation
10:7; 11:7; 15:1; 15:8; 17:17; 20:3; 20:5; 20:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5055 matches the Greek τελέω (teleō),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:28 - It happened, when Yeshua had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Yisra'el, until the Son of Man has come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:1 - It happened that when Yeshua had finished directing his twelve talmidim, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - It happened that when Yeshua had finished these parables, he departed from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:24 - When they had come to Kafar-Nachum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Rock, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:1 - It happened when Yeshua had finished these words, he departed from the Galil, and came into the borders of Yehudah beyond the Yarden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:1 - It happened, when Yeshua had finished all these words, that he said to his talmidim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:39 - When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into the Galil, to their own city, Natzeret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:50 - But I have a immersion to be immersed with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:31 - He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Yerushalayim, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:37 - For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which concerns me has an end."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:28 - After this, Yeshua, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:30 - When Yeshua therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:6 - For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9 - He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Messiah may rest on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:7 - I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:8 - However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:1 - I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:8 - The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:17 - For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:5 - The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - And after the thousand years, Hasatan will be released from his prison,
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