Goal/tax
τέλοςStrong’s G5056telos
Appears in 41 verses of the New Testament
In short
Telos is the Greek word usually translated “end”, “outcome” and “revenue”. It appears in 41 verses of the New Testament.
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:”
Meaning
Usually translated “end”, “outcome” and “revenue”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- end 27
- outcome 4
- an end 3
- the end 2
- revenue 2
- custom 1
- ends 1
- utmost 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
- Hebrews 5
- Luke 4
- Romans 4
- 1 Peter 4
- Revelation 4
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Matthew 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matthew 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
All 41 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
τέλος telos · goal/tax
τέλος, -ους, τό [in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for נֶצַח and cognate forms ;] 1. end: most frequently of the termination or limit of an act or state (in NT also of the end of a period of time, cl. τελευτή), Luk.1:33, 1Co.10:11, 2Co.3:13, 1Pe.4:7; by meton., of one who makes an end, Rom.10:4; ἕως (ἄχρι, μέκρι) τέλους, 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:13, Heb.3:14 6:11, Rev.2:26; εἰς τ., to or at the end, Mat.10:22, Mrk.13:13, Luk.18:5, Jhn.13:1 (or here, to the uttermost, see Westc., in l); τ. ἔχειν, Luk.22:37; adverbially, τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, 1Pe.3:8; of the last in a series, Rev.21:6 22:13; of t …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “end” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
END, noun
- The extreme point of a line, or of anything that has more length than breadth; as the end of a house; the end of a table; the end of a finger; the end of a chain or rope.
- The extremity or last part, in general; the close or conclusion, applied to time.
- The conclusion or cessation of an action.“Of the increase of his government there shall be no end” Isaiah 9:7
- The close or conclusion; as the end of a chapter.
All definitions and other forms of “end”
- Ultimate state or condition; final doom.“Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace” Psalms 37:37
- The point beyond which no progression can be made.“They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end” Psalms 107:27
- Final determination; conclusion of debate or deliberation.
- Close of life; death; decease.
- Cessation; period; close of a particular state of things; as the end of the world.
- Limit; termination.
- Destruction. Amos 8:2“The end of all flesh is come” Genesis 6:13
- Cause of death; a destroyer.
- Consequence; issue; result; conclusive event; conclusion.
- A fragment or broken piece.
- The ultimate point or thing at which one aims or directs his views; the object intended to be reached or accomplished by any action or scheme; purpose intended; scope; aim; drift; as private ends; public ends.
- An end for on end upright; erect; as, his hair stands an end
- The ends of the earth, in scripture, are the remotest parts of the earth, or the inhabitants of those parts.
END, verb transitive
To finish; to close; to conclude; to terminate; as, to end a controversy; to end a war.
- “On the seventh day God ended his work” Genesis 2:2
- To destroy; to put to death.
END, verb intransitive
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; as, a voyage ends by the return of a ship.
- To terminate; to close; to conclude.
- To cease; to come to a close.
END'-ALL, noun
Final close. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.