ΤΕΛΟΥΣ, τελους
TELOUS, telous
Sounds Like: TEH-loos
Translations: of an end, of a goal, of a completion, of a purpose, of a result, of a tax, of a custom, of a toll
From the root: ΤΕΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the neuter noun 'telos'. It refers to an end, a goal, a completion, a purpose, or a result. In some contexts, it can also refer to a tax, custom, or toll. It is used to indicate possession, origin, or the object of certain prepositions or verbs.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5056 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:187
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 7:11
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 3:13g
- Psalms — 37:7
- Ecclesiastes — 3:11
- Wisdom — 16:5, 19:1
- 1 Corinthians — 1:8
- 2 Corinthians — 1:13
- Hebrews — 3:6, 3:14, 6:11
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:222
- Book 6 — 14:328
- Book 7 — 6:129
- Book 8 — 15:409
- Book 10 — 2:35, 11:268
- Book 15 — 6:181, 6:182, 8:287
- Book 17 — 8:190, 11:323
- Book 20 — 2:18
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 73:406
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 10:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 15:7, 24:8
- 2 Kings — 18:10
- 2 Chronicles — 18:2
- Esther — 3:13
- Psalms — 37:7
- Ecclesiastes — 3:11
- Wisdom — 16:5, 19:1
- Isaiah — 62:6
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 6:26, 7:26, 9:26
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:26
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 27:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΤΕΗΣ — end, goal, outcome, completion, fulfillment, tax, custom, duty
- ΤΕΛ — end, goal, completion, outcome, tax, custom, duty, finally, at last, to finish, to complete, to pay, to accomplish
- ΤΕΛΕ — finish, complete, fulfill, accomplish, pay, bring to an end, end, completion, purpose, outcome, tax, custom
- ΤΕΛΕΣ — end, goal, completion, outcome, fulfillment, tax, a tax
- ΤΕΛΕΣΙΝ — complete, perfect, finished, accomplished, fulfilled, brought to an end, final, ultimate
- ΤΕΛΕΣΤΗΡΙΑ — place of initiation, place of consecration, sacred place, sanctuary, temple
- ΤΕΛΗ — ends, taxes, customs, outcomes, goals, fulfillments, rites, ceremonies, perfectings; finish, complete, pay, perform
- ΤΕΛΙΑ — end, completion, fulfillment, outcome, goal, purpose, tax, custom, a tax, a custom
- ΤΕΛΙΑΝ — end, a completion, a fulfillment, an outcome, a purpose, a goal, a tax, a toll
- ΤΕΛΙΟΤΗΣ — perfection, completeness, maturity, a perfection, a completeness, a maturity
- ΤΕΛΟΙΣ — to ends, to purposes, to taxes, to outcomes, to fulfillments, to consummations, to payments, to customs
- ΤΕΛΟΣ — end, a goal, a purpose, an outcome, a completion, a tax, a custom, a duty
- ΤΕΛΟΥΣʼ — of the end, of the goal, of the outcome, of the completion, of the tax, of the custom, of the duty
- ΤΟΤΕΛΟΣ — the end, the goal, the outcome, the purpose, the completion, the fulfillment
- ΥΤΕΛΗ — costly, expensive, precious, a costly thing, a precious thing
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