2001 Translation

TELOS, telos

Sounds Like: TEH-los

Translations: end, a goal, a purpose, an outcome, a completion, a tax, a custom, a duty

From the root: ΤΕΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an end, a goal, a purpose, or the completion of something. It can also refer to a tax or custom duty. It is often used to denote the conclusion of an event or process, or the ultimate aim or objective. In some contexts, it refers to the payment of tribute or taxes.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G5056 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 10:2, 18:14

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:9

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 1:6, 4:7, 10:5, 19:11

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:13, 9:18, 11:8

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 17:28
• 2 Esdras — 23:6
• Judith — 7:30, 14:13
• 4 Maccabees — 12:3
• Psalms — 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 8:1, 9:1, 9:7, 9:19, 9:32, 10:1, 11:1, 12:1, 12:2, 13:1, 15:11, 17:1, 17:36, 18:1, 19:1, 20:1, 21:1, 30:1, 35:1, 38:1, 39:1, 40:1, 41:1, 43:1, 43:24, 44:1, 45:1, 46:1, 48:1, 48:10, 50:1, 51:1, 51:7, 52:1, 53:1, 54:1, 55:1, 56:1, 57:1, 58:1, 59:1, 60:1, 61:1, 63:1, 64:1, 65:1, 66:1, 67:1, 67:17, 68:1, 69:1, 73:1, 73:3, 73:10, 73:11, 73:19, 74:1, 75:1, 76:1, 76:9, 78:5, 79:1, 80:1, 83:1, 84:1, 88:47, 102:9, 108:1, 138:1, 139:1
• Ecclesiastes — 7:2, 12:13
• Job — 6:9, 14:20, 20:7, 20:28, 23:3, 23:7
• Wisdom — 7:18, 14:14
• Sirach — 10:13, 12:11
• Isaiah — 19:15
• Habakkuk — 1:4
• Matthew — 10:22, 24:6, 24:13, 24:14, 26:58
• Mark — 3:26, 13:7, 13:13
• Luke — 1:33, 18:5, 21:9, 22:37
• John — 13:1
• Romans — 6:21, 6:22, 10:4, 13:7
• 1 Corinthians — 15:24
• 2 Corinthians — 3:13, 11:15
• Philippians — 3:19
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:16
• 1 Timothy — 1:5
• Hebrews — 6:8, 7:3
• James — 5:11
• 1 Peter — 1:9, 3:8, 4:7, 4:17
• Revelation — 21:6, 22:13
• Epistle of Barnabas — 1:6, 4:6, 10:5, 19:11
• Shepherd of Hermas — 6:5, 11:2, 15:2, 16:9, 18:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 1:1, 10:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 14:1, 14:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 5:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:144, 20:181, 23:190
• Book Two — 14:144, 20:181, 23:190

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:99
• Book 2 — 2:12, 5:73, 6:163, 10:249
• Book 3 — 7:165, 8:189
• Book 4 — 3:47, 6:125, 8:331
• Book 5 — 1:1, 2:130, 2:137, 8:316
• Book 6 — 4:47, 9:184, 12:248, 14:335, 14:378
• Book 7 — 1:2, 1:45, 2:53, 4:72, 9:204, 11:275, 14:373
• Book 8 — 2:26, 7:190, 8:218, 10:265, 11:280, 14:388
• Book 9 — 2:26, 4:73, 6:122, 14:281
• Book 10 — 1:23, 4:58, 4:67, 6:98, 11:243, 11:248
• Book 11 — 4:80, 5:180
• Book 12 — 2:33, 2:55, 2:107, 3:141, 11:433
• Book 13 — 2:61, 5:173, 6:187, 7:89, 16:433
• Book 14 — 2:24, 16:491
• Book 15 — 3:84, 5:151, 6:168, 6:179, 7:205, 7:229, 7:244, 11:388
• Book 16 — 3:71, 3:85, 4:102, 4:133, 5:136, 7:218, 8:238, 9:281, 10:304, 10:307, 11:392
• Book 17 — 7:185
• Book 19 — 1:61, 1:96, 1:143, 2:206, 7:320
• Book 20 — 2:48

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:14, 5:11, 9:14, 17:20, 28:10, 28:12, 28:18, 30:15, 33:12
• Book Two — 4:11, 16:48, 19:24, 19:27
• Book Three — 9:32, 10:70
• Book Four — 5:21, 11:19
• Book Five — 3:22, 9:51, 11:14, 11:20
• Book Six — 1:9, 1:22, 1:66, 3:9, 4:7, 8:30, 10:8
• Book Seven — 1:4, 1:8, 4:32, 5:58, 5:60, 6:51, 8:20, 9:9, 9:15

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 18:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:6, 31:7

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 4:19, 6:24, 11:60, 22:107, 31:152, 31:154, 39:196, 59:308, 67:379, 70:393, 71:394, 75:414

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 19:3

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 46:4
• Leviticus — 27:23
• Numbers — 17:13, 31:28, 31:37, 31:38, 31:39, 31:40, 31:41
• Deuteronomy — 31:24, 31:30
• Joshua — 3:16, 8:24, 10:13, 10:20
• 2 Kings — 8:3
• 1 Chronicles — 28:9, 29:19
• 2 Chronicles — 12:12, 31:1
• Nehemiah — 13:6
• Judith — 7:30, 14:13
• 2 Maccabees — 5:5, 5:7, 6:15, 8:29, 13:16
• 3 Maccabees — 1:26, 3:14, 4:14, 4:15, 5:19, 5:49
• 4 Maccabees — 12:4
• Psalms — 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 8:1, 9:1, 9:7, 9:19, 9:32, 10:1, 11:1, 12:1, 12:2, 13:1, 15:11, 17:1, 17:36, 18:1, 19:1, 20:1, 21:1, 29:1, 30:1, 35:1, 38:1, 39:1, 40:1, 41:1, 43:1, 43:24, 44:1, 45:1, 46:1, 48:1, 48:10, 50:1, 51:1, 51:7, 52:1, 53:1, 54:1, 55:1, 56:1, 57:1, 58:1, 59:1, 60:1, 61:1, 63:1, 64:1, 65:1, 66:1, 67:1, 67:17, 68:1, 69:1, 73:1, 73:3, 73:10, 73:11, 73:19, 74:1, 75:1, 76:1, 76:9, 78:5, 79:1, 80:1, 83:1, 84:1, 87:1, 88:47, 102:9, 108:1, 138:1, 139:1
• Psalms of Solomon — 1:1, 2:5
• Odes — 9:34
• Ecclesiastes — 7:3, 12:13
• Job — 6:9, 14:20, 20:7, 20:28, 23:3, 23:7
• Wisdom — 7:18, 14:14
• Sirach — 10:13, 12:11, 43:26
• Isaiah — 19:15
• Baruch — 3:17
• Ezekiel — 15:4, 15:5, 20:40, 22:30, 36:10
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:15, 1:18, 2:34, 3:19, 3:34, 4:31, 11:13
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:34
• Amos — 9:8
• Habakkuk — 1:4
• Enoch — 10:2, 18:14

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 2:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 2:3
• Parable 8 — 6:4, 8:2, 8:5, 9:3
• Parable 9 — 14:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 2:5
• Vision 3 — 3:2, 7:2, 8:9, 10:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:22, 24:6, 24:13, 24:14, 26:58
• Mark — 3:26, 13:7, 13:13
• Luke — 1:33, 18:5, 21:9, 22:37
• John — 13:1
• Romans — 6:21, 6:22, 10:4, 13:7
• 1 Corinthians — 15:24
• 2 Corinthians — 3:13, 11:15
• Philippians — 3:19
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:16
• 1 Timothy — 1:5
• Hebrews — 6:8, 7:3
• James — 5:11
• 1 Peter — 1:9, 3:8, 4:7, 4:17
• Revelation — 21:6, 22:13

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
• ΤΕΛΟΥΣ — of an end, of a goal, of a completion, of a purpose, of a result, of a tax, of a custom, of a toll
• 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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