τέλος telos

Greek word for “goal/tax” · Strong’s G5056 · used 40 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

τέλος, -ους, τό; 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.

How it is translated

Glosses given for telos in context, with how often each is used:

• end 27
• outcome 4
• revenue 2
• end is 2
• custom 1
• end! 1
• ends 1
• utmost 1
• goal 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 24 (3), Mark 13 (2), Romans 6 (2), Hebrews 6 (2), 1 Peter 4 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 3 (1), Luke 1 (1)

Forms

• τέλος 32
• τέλους 5
• τέλη 2
• Τέλος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with telos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀρχή archē “beginning” 5
• ὑπομένω hupomenō “to remain/endure” 4
• πόλεμος polemos “war” 3
• σῴζω sōzō “to save” 4
• δεῖ dei “be necessary” 4
• θροέω throeō “to alarm” 2
• ω Ōmega “Omega” 2
• α Alpha “Alpha” 2
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 3
• ζωή zōē “life” 3
• ἕως heōs “until” 3
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 4

Key verses

The verses using telos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own…
• Romans 6:21 — What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
• Romans 6:22 — But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• Philippians 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16 — Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• 1 Timothy 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• Hebrews 6:11 — And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
• James 5:11 — Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender…
• 1 Peter 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 1 Peter 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1 Peter 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.