Quick Definition
a completion, consummation, end
Strong's Definition
entire completion, i.e. consummation (of a dispensation)
Derivation: from G4931 (συντελέω);
KJV Usage: end
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συντέλεια, συντελείας, ἡ (συντελής), completion, consummation, end (so in Greek writings from Polybius on; the Sept. chiefly for λΘΜμΘδ; for χΕυ in Dan_12:4; Dan_12:13; in other senses from Aeschylus down): αἰῶνος or τοῦ αἰῶνος, Mat_13:39-40 L T Tr WH, ; ; τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, Mat_13:40 R G; τῶν αἰώνων, Heb_9:26 (see αἰών, 3, p. 19b bottom (cf. Hermas, sim. 9, 12, 3 [ET] and Hilgenfeld at the passage)); καιροῦ and καιρῶν, Dan_9:27; Dan_12:4; τῶν ἡμερῶν, ibid. ; ἀνθρώπου, of his death, Sir_11:27 (25); cf. .
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συντέλεια synteleia 6x
a complete combination, a completion, consummation, end, Mat_13:39-40 ; Mat_13:49 ; Mat_24:3 ; Mat_28:20 ; Heb_9:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συντέλεια , -ας , ἡ
( < συντελέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3615 and (in Da) for H6965 ;]
1. in cl ., a joint payment or contribution for public service; hence, generally, joint action ( Plat .).
2. In late writers ( Polyb ., al .), consummation, completion: σ . τ . αἰῶνος , -ων ( cf. Da LXX TH Dan_12:13 , al. ), Mat_13:39-40 ; Mat_13:49 ; Mat_24:3 ; Mat_28:20 , Heb_9:26 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συντέλεια [page 613]
consummation, completion, in relation to time, as in the Jewish apocalyptic expression συντέλεια αἰῶνος may be illustrated by P Oxy X. 1270 .42 (A.D. 159) μέχρι συντελείας τοῦ διε [ληλυθότος πρώτου ] καὶ εἰκοστοῦ ἔτους , down to the end of and including the 21st year (Edd.).
For the subst. in reference to completed work, cf. P Petr III. 42 F( c ) .8 (iii/B.C.) (as read p. x.) τὴ ]ν συντέλειαν τῶν ἔργων , and the late use in OGIS 327 .6 (B.C. 159 138) ἀντὶ τῶν διὰ ] τῆς τοῦ πολέμου συντελείας ἐπ [ιτευγμάτων ( contrivances ), with the editor s note. The common meaning of joint-contribution for public burdens is seen in such a passage as BGU III. 927 .4 (iii/A.D.) παρ ]εσχήκαμέν σοι εἰς λόγον συντελείας [κατὰ ] κέλευσιν τοῦ διασημοτάτου μαγίστρου . For παγανικαὶ συντέλειαι , heathen clubs or unions, see Archiv i. p. 410. For συντελείωσις cf. P Flor I. 6 .17 (A.D. 210) δ [εό ]μεθα πλείονος χρόνου εἰς τὴν συντελείωσιν , and for συντελεστής = contributor to a tax, cf. the late P Flor III. 283 .5 (A.D. 536) and PSI IV. 283 .7 (A.D. 550) with the editors notes.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
συντέλεια συντέλεια, ἡ, [Etym: συντελέω II] "a joint payment, joint contribution for public burdens", Dem. ; εἰς ς. ἄγειν τὰς χορηγίας, i. e. to leave the choregia to be "defrayed by subscription", id=Dem. at Athens, "a partnership for bearing public burdens", Decret. ap. Dem. generally, "a company", of the gods, who separately were called τέλειοι, Aesch. "combination of efforts, the consummation" of a scheme, Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
συντέλεια, -ας, ἡ
(συντελέω), [in LXX chiefly for כָּלָה and (in Da) for קוּם ;]
__1. in cl., a joint payment or contribution for public service; hence, generally, joint action (Plat.).
__2. In late writers (Polyb., al.), consummation, completion: σ. τ. αἰῶνος, -ων (cf. Dan LXX TH Dan.12:13, al.), Mat.13:39-40, 49 24:3 28:20, Heb.9:26.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
End (Consummation) (4930) sunteleia
Consummation (4930) (sunteleia from sun = together or an intensifier + teleo = to finish) describes the bringing of something to a successful finish. In a word the noun sunteleia means completion, conclusion, close, end, consummation. It is used 5 times by Jesus Himself in the phrase the "end of the age."
Sunteleia is used much more frequently in the Lxx than in NT. Study especially the uses (see Lxx uses below) in the apocalyptic or prophetic portions of Daniel (Da 8:19-note, Da 9:25-note, Da 9:26-note, Da 9:27-note, Da 12:4, 6, 7, 13-note). Sunteleia is clearly an "eschatologically rich" term both the Old and the New Testaments apply to the end of the age.
Sunteleia - 6x in 6v - Usage: consummation(1), end(5).
Matthew 13:39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
40 "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
49 "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
Matthew 24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Comment: His presence, the indwelling Spirit of Christ, is also His power to perform.
Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Sunteleia - 56 verses in the non-apocryphal Septuagint - Ex 23:16; Deut 11:12; Josh 4:8; Jdg 20:40; 1 Sam 8:3; 20:41; 1 Kgs 6:22, 25; 2 Kgs 13:17, 19; 2 Chr 24:23; Ezra 9:14; Neh 9:31; Esth 4:17; Job 26:10; 30:2; Ps 59:12f; 119:96; Jer 4:27; 5:10, 18; 46:28; Ezek 11:13; 13:13; 20:17; 21:28; 22:12; Dan 4:28, 31, 34; 8:19; Da 9:25-27; 11:6, 13, 27, 35f, 40, 45; 12:4, 6f, 13; Amos 1:14; 8:8; 9:5; Nah 1:3, 8f; Hab 1:9, 15; 3:19; Zeph 1:18
Dan 9:27 “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction (Lxx = at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation), one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.”
The word hapax with the meaning of once and for all is stressed in Heb 9:26 in regard to the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ as contrasted by the appearance of the high priest every year in the Holy of Holies (Heb 9:25). Hapax in this sense means that this was the first and last time that Christ’s offering was made, and it was made for the once—and—for—all removal of sin.
The idea of the perpetual offering of Christ is a heretical doctrine that for many centuries has contradicted this and the many other clear biblical teachings about the finished work of Christ. It maintains that, inasmuch as the priesthood of Christ is perpetual and sacrifice is an essential part of priesthood, therefore the sacrificial offering of Christ must also be perpetual.