noun · feminine
sunteleias
Strong’sG4930
a completion, consummation, end
stem suntelei-6 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
συντέλεια, -ας, ἡ
(< συντελέω), [in LXX chiefly for כָּלָה and (in Da) for קֵץ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4930 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-tel'-i-ah
entire completion, i.e. consummation (of a dispensation)
Fromfrom G4931;
King Jamesend.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(συντελέω Refs joint contribution for the public burdens, χρημάτων σ. ποιῆσαι Refs 4th c.BC+; εἰς σ. ἄγειν τὰς χορηγίας, i.e. to leave the choregia to be defrayed by subscription, not by a single person, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ παρὰ τοῦ διδασκάλου σ., i.e. instruction, Refs 1st c.AD+
3 = collatio, (compulsory) provision of recruits, εἰς τὴν τῶν τειρώνων σ. Refs; συντελείας βουργαρίων.. ἄνεσιν probably in Refs 3rd c.AD+
II at Athens, a body of citizens who contributed jointly to bear public burdens Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ σ. τῶν τριηράρχων Decrees cited in Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 generally, company, ὦ ξυντέλεια (i.e. θεῶν), of the gods, who separately were called τέλειοι, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 union of communities grouped together or united to a larger state, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III the consummation of a scheme, opposed to ἐπιβολή, Refs 2nd c.BC+; σ. σχεῖν, λαμβάνειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ πολέμου Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὰν τῶν μυστηρίων καὶ τᾶν θυσιᾶν σ. Refs 1st c.BC+; καταθύμιος λογισμῶν συντέλεια Refs 2nd c.AD+; completion, end, τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ LXX+2nd c.AD+; αἰῶνος NT; ποιῆσαι εἰς σ. make an end of, LXX; ἀνέβη σ. τῆς πόλεως εἰς οὐρανόνLXX; full realization, τῶν τελῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
IV unjust gain, LXX; ={κακία}, Refs 5th c.AD+
V in Grammar, completed action, Refs 4th c.BC+
VI ={ἐντελέχεια}, reality, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sunteleias1×συντέλεια | sunteleiais |
| object accusative | sunteleian | sunteleiain |
| direct address vocative | sunteleiar | sunteleiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunteleiau2×συντελείας | sunteleiaiu |
| to, for dative | sunteleia3×συντελείᾳ | sunteleiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sunteleia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunteleias“end”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 13:39… atō tos diabolos; tos de therismos sunteleias aiōnou atō, tois de theristois angelois …… the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters …
sunteleiau“end”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 24:3… tem sēmem tau sau parousiau kai sunteleiau tou aiōnou.… of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 28:20… amō pantain tain hēmerain heōs tau sunteleiau tou aiōnou.… with you always, even to the end of the age.”
sunteleia“end”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 13:40… pure kaiotō, houtōs eti en ta sunteleia tou aiōnou;… so will it be at the end of the age.
Matthew 13:49houtōs eti en ta sunteleia tou aiōnou; exercheli tois angelois kai …So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will …
Hebrews 9:26… katabolau kosmou; nuni de hapax epi sunteleia toiu aiōnoiu eis athetēsian hamartau dia …… appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away …