Strong's Lexicon
sunteleó: To complete, to accomplish, to bring to an end
Original Word:συντελέω
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:sunteleó
Pronunciation:soon-tel-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling:(soon-tel-eh'-o)
Definition:To complete, to accomplish, to bring to an end
Meaning:I bring to an end, fulfill, accomplish.
Word Origin:From σύν (G4862, "with") and τελέω (G5055, "to complete, to finish")
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -H3615 (כָּלָה, kalah): To complete, to finish, to bring to an end
-H8552 (תָּמַם, tamam): To be complete, to be finished, to be at an end
Usage:The verb "sunteleó" is used in the New Testament to convey the idea of bringing something to completion or fulfillment. It often implies the culmination of a process or the achievement of a goal. This term can refer to the completion of a task, the fulfillment of a prophecy, or the end of an age or period.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of completion or fulfillment was significant in various contexts, including legal, philosophical, and religious spheres. The idea of bringing something to its intended end was often associated with divine purpose and destiny. In the Jewish context, fulfillment of prophecy and the completion of God's plans were central themes, especially concerning the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of God's kingdom.
HELPS Word-studies
4931synteléō (from4862/sýn, "closelywith" and5055/teléō, "to complete, finish") – properly,culminate (consummate), reaching the desiredend-point (result,fulfillment).4931/synteléō ("culminate") focuses on the "end-point" of two or more related factors workingtogether to reachfulfillment.
4931/synteléō ("consummate") doesnot mean "terminate" but ratherto complete by reaching thefinishing point (A-S).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
sun and
teleóDefinitionto complete, accomplish
NASB Translationeffect (1), ended (1), finished (1), fulfilled (1), over (1), thoroughly (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4931: συντελέωσυντελέω,
συντέλω; future
συντελέσω; 1 aorist
συνετέλεσα; passive, present infinitive
συντελεῖσθαι; 1 aorist
συνετελεσθην (
John 2:3TWH 'rejected' marginal reading), participle (
συντελεσθεις; from
Thucydides and
Xenophon down; the
Sept. often for
כִּלָּה; also sometimes for
תָּמַם,
עָשָׂה, etc.;
1.to end together or at the same time.
2.to end completely; bring to an end, finish, complete:τούςλόγους,Matthew 7:28RG;τόνπειρασμόν,Luke 4:13;ἡμέρας, passive,Luke 4:2;Acts 21:27 (Job 1:5; Tobit 10:7).
3.to accomplish, bring to fulfilment; passive,to come to pass,Mark 13:4;λόγον, a word, i. e. a prophecy,Romans 9:28 (ῤῆμα,Lamentations 2:17).
4.to effect, make (cf. ourconclude):διαθήκη,Hebrews 8:8 (Jeremiah 41:8, 15 ().5.to finish, i. e. in a use foreign to Greek writings,to make an end of:συνετελέσθηὁοἶνοςτοῦγάμου (was at an end with),John 2:3Tdf. after the Sinaiticus manuscript (Ezekiel 7:15 forאָכַל;to bring to an end, destroy, forכִּלָּה,Jeremiah 14:12;Jeremiah 16:4).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
finish, fulfill, make.Fromsun andteleo; to complete entirely; generally, to execute (literally or figuratively) -- end, finish, fulfil, make.
see GREEKsun
see GREEKteleo
Forms and Transliterations
συνετέλεσα συνετέλεσαν συνετέλεσάν συνετελέσαντο συνετέλεσας συνετελέσασθε συνετελέσατε συνετέλεσε συνετέλεσεν συνετελέσθη συνετελέσθησαν συνετελέσω συνετέλουν συντελείν συντελεισθαι συντελείσθαι συντελεῖσθαι συντελείτε συντελέσαι συντελεσας συντελέσας συντέλεσας συντελέσασθαί συντελέσει συντελέσεις συντελέσετε συντελέση συντελέσης συντελέσητε συντελεσθεισων συντελεσθεισών συντελεσθεισῶν συντελεσθή συντελεσθήναι συντελεσθήσεσθε συντελεσθήσεται συντελεσθήσονται συντελεσθήτω συντελεσθώσι συντελεσθώσιν συντέλεσον συντελέσουσι συντελέσουσιν συντελεσω συντελέσω συντελούμενον συντελούνται συντελούντων συντελων συντελών συντελῶν συντετέλεσαι συντετελεσμένα συντετελεσμένον συντετέλεσται συντετλεσμένα sunteleisthai suntelesas sunteleso suntelesō suntelestheison suntelestheisōn suntelon suntelōn synteleisthai synteleîsthai syntelesas syntelésas synteleso syntelesō synteléso syntelésō syntelestheison syntelestheisôn syntelestheisōn syntelestheisō̂n syntelon syntelôn syntelōn syntelō̂nLinks
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