ἀποτελέω
apoteléō · G658 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to complete, to finish, to end, to accomplish
To bring an activity to a successful finish
ExamplesLuke 13:32 And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’
James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: I 2
- ἁμαρτίαsin 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θάνατοςdeath 1
- ἴασιςhealing 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- σήμερονtoday 1
- αὔριονtomorrow 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
- πορεύομαιto go, to travel 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐκπληρόω ekplēróō · G1603 · to cause to happen, to make happen, to fulfill
- Greek verb indicating complete fulfillment or accomplishment, parallel to ἀποτελέω in expressing the bringing to completion or consummation of something, though with slightly more emphasis on fulfillment.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἄρχομαι árchomai · G756 · to rule, to govern, to begin
- Standard lexical opposite: ἄρχομαι means to begin or commence, the direct contrary action to ἀποτελέω's sense of completing entirely or bringing to consummation.
In the other Testament 1 word
- כָּלָה kâlâh · H3615 · to be finished, to be completed, to come to an end
- Primary Hebrew verb for completion/consummation, the standard translation equivalent for Greek completion verbs including ἀποτελέω in contexts of bringing something to full completion or consummation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To complete, to finish, to end, to accomplish68.22
- In Luke 13:32, Jesus answers a warning about Herod, “behold, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal (apoteloũmai),” describing a course of activity brought to its intended completion.
Word family 26 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποτελῶ; (1 aorist passive participle ἀποτελεσθεις); to perfect; to bring quite to an…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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