to finish

Greek Verb

τελέω, -ῶ (τέλος), [in LXX for כָּלָה, pi, etc;] 1) to bring to an end, complete, finish: τ. δρόμον, 2Ti.4:7; τ. λόγους, Mat.7:28 19:1 26:1; τ. παραβολάς, Mat.13:53; τ. πόλεις, Mat.10:23; pass, Rev.15:8 20:3, 5 20:7; with ptcp, Mat.11:1. 2) to execute, perform, complete, fulfil: Luk.2:39, Act.13:29, Rom.2:27, 2Co.12:9, Gal.5:16, Jas.2:8, Rev.11:7; pass, Luk.12:50 18:31 22:37, Jhn.19:28, 30, Rev.10:7 15:1 17:17. 3) to pay (frequently in cl.): Mat.17:24, Rom.13:6 (cf. ἀπο, δια, ἐκ, ἐπι, συν-τελέω). (AS)

to finish

Greek Verb

τελέω, Epic dialect also τελείω, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (τελέοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect τέλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect τέλεσκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future τελέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also τελέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect τελῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist (ἐ) τέλεσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect τέλεσσα and ἐτέλεσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+] (infinitive τελέσσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect ἐτέλεσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τετέλεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future (see. below): aorist ἐτελεσάμην [Refs]; perfect τετέλεσμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, Epic dialect imperfect ἐτελείετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τελεσθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; future middle in this sense, τελεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle τελεόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτελέσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect infinitive τελέσθην [Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect τετέλεσμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: pluperfect τετέλεστο [Refs]: Cretan dialect perfect participle τετελημένος [Refs]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural perfect τετέληνται uncertain in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (τέλος):—fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform, frequently in Poets from [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ᾽ ἔφαντο ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην, οὐδ᾽ ἐτέλεσσαν but did it not,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς Φάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε [Refs]; κίνδυνον τελέσσαι perform a dangerous feat, [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare d:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί, ={τελεῖσθαι δύναται}, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐτίκ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽ ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done',[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετέλεσται [NT] 2) fulfil one's word, τ. ἔπος, μῦθον, ὑπόσχεσιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τελέσαι κότον, χόλον, glut one's fury, wrath, [Refs]grant one the fulfilment or accomplishment of anything, τ. νόον τινί fulfil his wish,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with infinitive, οὐδ᾽ ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι he succeeded not in, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be fulfilled, [Refs]perfect participle, [μῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, τελέσασθαι δίκην bring a suit to issue, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) grant in full, work out, ἀγαθόν τινι, ὅ τι φρεσὶν ᾗσι μενοινᾷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεῶν τελεσάντων (i.e. αὐτό) [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) ὅρκια τελεῖν make an oath effective, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later, execute a legal document, δημόσιος χρηματισμὸς τετελεσμένος δι᾽ ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας Mitteis [Refs 1st c.AD+] 5) bring to fulfilment or perfection, ἀρετὰν. πεπρωμέναν τελέσει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τινά bless him with perfect happiness, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also, bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5.b) with an adjective added, ἅπαντας ἡ παίδευσις ἡμέρους τελεῖ makes perfectly gentle, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 6) bring to an end, finish, end, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γὰρ ἀρξάμενος τελέω τὸν λόγον εἰς ἀγαθόν [Refs] 7) of Time, ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ. τέλεσ᾽ Ἠώς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βίον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοὺς τρόχους ἡλίου[Refs]; also τ. νοῦσον come to the end of it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, περὶ δ᾽ ἤματα μακρὰ τελέσθη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τοῖς δὶς ἑπτὰ τετελ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of men, come to one's end, οἴμοι. δεσπότου τελουμένου [Refs 4th c.BC+] 8) sometimes intransitive, like the passive, come to an end, be fulfilled, turn out, οὐ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅπῃ τελεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: later ={τελέθω}, to be, φύσει τελῶν μνησίκακος [Refs] II) pay what one owes, what is due, λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless this means 'will administer good laws'); νῆας. αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστε᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι bring supplies of everything, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, pay, present, δῶρα, δωτίνην, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ, i.e. die, [Refs] II.b) especially pay tax, duty, toll, φόρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. μετοίκιον pay the tax of a μέτοικος,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. σῖτον pay one's contribution of corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, pay tax, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of money, etc, to be paid, [Refs]; of persons, to be in receipt of rent, χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν αὐτοὶ τετελεσμένοι [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) lay out, spend, χρήματα μεγάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be spent or expended, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ δεῖπνον τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα laid out upon the dinner, [Refs]; ἕνδεκα μυριάδας μεδίμνων τελεομένας ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2.b) consume, eat [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes accusative to their taxable property, τ. εἴς τινας meant to belong to a class, to be reckoned among, τ. ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς, belong to the Greeks, the Boeotians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀστοὺς τ. become a citizen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄνδρας τ. come to man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ. become a woman instead of a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ὑπό τινα τελεῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμῶν τῆς ζωῆς ἐπάρχει belongs. , [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4) from the last sense perhaps may be explained the phrase, κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τελέσαι to compare with his father, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) initiate in the mysteries, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυμπανίζειν καὶ τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to have oneself initiated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐτέλεις, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐτελούμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆναι to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.b) in Magic, endow a thing with potency, consecrate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.c) enchant, Παλλάδιον τετελεσμένον Eust.ad [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.2) metaphorically, τελεσθῆναι στρατηγός to be formally appointed general, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τετελεσμένος σωφροσύνῃ a votary of temperance, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) also of sacred rites, perform, ἱερά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γάμον, γάμους, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.4) passive, of women, to be married, [Refs]

Greek

Verb

to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt); accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform; from g5056 (τέλος)