ἀπαρτισμός

τελείωσις teleíōsis · G5050 · to make perfect, to perfect, causing perfection

Greek noun denoting the act of completing or bringing to perfection. Closely related semantically to ἀπαρτισμός as both refer to the process or state of completion, though τελείωσις often carries connotations of perfection or fulfillment.

συντέλεια syntéleia · G4930 · end

Greek noun for completion or consummation, especially of a period or age. Both terms denote the bringing to completion of something, though συντέλεια typically carries eschatological connotations (consummation of a dispensation or age), whereas ἀπαρτισμός refers more neutrally to the act of finishing or completing a task or project.

τέλος télos · G5056 · end, outcome, result

Greek noun denoting end, completion, or goal. Shares the semantic field of completion with ἀπαρτισμός, referring to the point at which something is finished or accomplished.

ἀρχή archḗ · G746 · beginning, to begin

Greek noun for beginning or origin, lexical opposite of ἀπαρτισμός (completion). The standard antonym pair of beginning vs. completion/end in Greek.

כָּלָה kâlâh · H3617 · completely, imminent

Hebrew noun for completion/end/termination, direct translation equivalent for the abstract nominal sense of ἀπαρτισμός (completion of a task or project). Used in contexts of finishing or bringing something to completion.

תַּכְלִית taklîyth · H8503 · limit, extent (of knowledge), end

Hebrew noun denoting completion, end, or perfection. A semantic equivalent for the abstract sense of finishing or bringing to completion that ἀπαρτισμός conveys.

To complete, to finish, completion68.28

In Luke 14:28, Jesus asks which builder “does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete (apartismón) it,” describing the finishing of a project already begun.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.