sunteleō (to complete)

Meaning

Usually translated “accomplished”, “when were ending” and “having finished”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to be accomplished 1
when were ending 1
having finished 1
to be completed 1
concluding 1
i will ratify 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 2
Mark 1
Acts 1
Romans 1
Hebrews 1

5 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Luke 4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Acts 21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
Romans 9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Hebrews 8:8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Greek dictionary

συντελέω sunteleō · to complete

συν-τελέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for כָּלָה pi., also for עָשָׂה, תָּמַם, etc. ;] "perfective" of τελέω (cf. M, Pr., 118), 1. to complete, finish, bring to an end: Luk.4:13; pass., Luk.4:2, Jhn.2:3, WH, mg., Act.21:27. 2. to effect, accomplish, bring to fulfilment (cf. MM, xxiv): Mrk.13:4, Rom.9:28, Heb.8:8.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “complete” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

COMPLETE, adjective

Having no deficiency; perfect.“And ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and power” Colossians 2:10
Finished; ended; concluded; as, the edifice is complete
In botany, a complete flower is one furnished with a calyx and corolla.

All definitions and other forms of “complete”

COMPLETE, verb transitive

To finish; to end; to perfect; as, to complete a bridge, or an edifice; to complete an education.
To fill to accomplish; as, to complete hopes or desires.
To fulfil; to accomplish; to perform; as, the prophecy of Daniel is completed.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.