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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 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:23 - When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:1 - After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:24 - After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:1 - When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:1 - When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:39 - When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:50 - But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:31 - Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:37 - It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’[fn]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:28 - Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:30 - When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:27 - The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[fn] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:6 - This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9 - But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:16 - So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:8 - If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[fn] you are doing right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:1 - I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:8 - And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:17 - For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:5 - (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
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