ἐπιτελέω
to complete
‘to complete’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle or Passive
- A form that may be middle or passive — resolved by context.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Person
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
- Singular
- One.
3 distinct verses where G2005 appears in the Aorist tense, across 2 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Romans 1 verse
2 Corinthians 2 verses
- 2 Corinthians 8:6 ἐπιτελέσῃ aor act subj 3sg So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 ἐπιτελέσατε ἐπιτελέσαι aor act impv 2pl aor act inf But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
επιτελεω — transliterated epiteléō — is a Greek verb carrying the sense “to complete.” Debuting at Romans 15:28, it then recurs through the corpus. Spanning 9 verses in 6 books, it ranks among the uncommon words of the Greek New Testament. Its uses concentrate in 2 Corinthians (33% of all occurrences). Its lexical range runs to 2 senses. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2005 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 9
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 9 distinct verses.
- 6 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 6 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,056
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,056 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 9 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Corinthians 3 verses 33%
- Hebrews 2 verses 22%
- Romans 1 verse 11%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 9 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 6 verses · 67%
- Hebrews 2 verses · 22%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 1 verse · 11%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Accomplishing 1×, Are accomplished 1×, Are ye 1×
- American Standard Version: Complete 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: After i have completed 1×, Are undergoing 1×, Are you now finishing 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Complete 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2005 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2005 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2005 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2005 across 13 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to bring to an end, accomplish, perfect, execute, complete
- to appoint to, impose upon
Word origin
Derived from επι (epí) (G1909) — upon.
Forms in the corpus
The 9 distinct written forms G2005 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιτελοῦντες epiteloûntes | Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | 2 Corinthians 7:1 | 2 |
| ἐπιτελέσαι epitelésai | Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive | 2 Corinthians 8:11 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελέσας epitelésas | Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Romans 15:28 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελέσατε epitelésate | Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Plural | 2 Corinthians 8:11 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελέσει epitelései | Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Philippians 1:6 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελέσῃ epitelésē | Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Singular | 2 Corinthians 8:6 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελεῖν epiteleîn | Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive | Hebrews 8:5 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελεῖσθαι epiteleîsthai | Verb, Present, Passive, Infinitive | 1 Peter 5:9 | 1 |
| ἐπιτελεῖσθε epiteleîsthe | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural | Galatians 3:3 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2005, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- επαγγελλω epangéllō G1861 to announce
- επαγω epágō G1863 to bring upon
- επαγωνιζομαι epagōnízomai G1864 to contend
- επαθροιζω epathroízō G1865 to gather together
- επαινεω epainéō G1867 to approve
- επαινος épainos G1868 approval
- επαιρω epaírō G1869 to lift up
- επαισχυνομαι epaischýnomai G1870 to be ashamed
- επαιτεω epaitéō G1871 to ask repeatedly
- επακουω epakoúō G1873 to give ear to
- επακροαομαι epakroáomai G1874 to listen to
- επαν epán G1875 after
- επαναγκες epánankes G1876 necessarily
- επαναγω epanágō G1877 to lead back
- επαναμιμνησκω epanamimnḗskō G1878 to remind
- επαναπαυομαι epanapaúomai G1879 to rest upon
- επανερχομαι epanérchomai G1880 to return
- επανισταμαι epanístamai G1881 to raise up against
- επανορθωσις epanórthōsis G1882 correction
- επανω epánō G1883 above
- επαρκεω eparkéō G1884 to avail
- επαρχια eparchía G1885 office of governor
- επαυλις épaulis G1886 farm
- επαυριον epaúrion G1887 the next day
+110 more words share this root (not shown).
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 137 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word επιτελεω appears 7 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 7 verses in 6 books.
- 7
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 7
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 6 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 6 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Leviticus 6:15 ἐπιτελέω
- Numbers 23:23 ἐπιτελέω
- 1 Samuel 3:12 ἐπιτελέω
- Esther 8:14 ἐπιτελέω
- Daniel 11:16 ἐπιτελέω
- Zechariah 4:9 ἐπιτελέω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2005) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Leviticus 6:15 ἐπιτελέω He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to Yahweh.
- Numbers 23:23 ἐπιτελέω Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
- 1 Samuel 3:12 ἐπιτελέω In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
- Esther 8:14 ἐπιτελέω So the posts who rode on swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hurried and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
- Esther 9:27 ἐπιτελέω the Jews ordained, and took on them, and on their seed, and on all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing of it, and according to the appointed time of it, every year;
- Daniel 11:16 ἐπιτελέω But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
- Zechariah 4:9 ἐπιτελέω "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2005) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
