τέλος

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, 1 Kor 10,11, 2 Kor 3,13, 1 Pet 4,7; by meton., of one who makes an end, Rom 10,4 ἕως (ἄχρι, μέκρι) τέλους, 1 Kor 1,8, 2 Kor 1,13, Hebr 3,14; 6,11, Åb 2,26; εἰς τ., to or at the end, Matt 10,22, Mark 13,13, Luk 18,5, Joh 13,1 (or here, to the uttermost, see Westc., in l); τ. ἔχειν, Luk 22,37 adverbially, τὸ δὲ τέλος, finally, 1 Pet 3,8 of the last in a series, Åb 21,6; 22,13; of the issue, fate or destiny, Matt 26,58 with genitive of thing(s), Rom 6,21, al.; with genitive of person(s), 2 Kor 11,13, al.; of the aim or purpose, 1 Tim 1,5,

2. toll, custom, revenue: Rom 13,7 pl., as most usually, Matt 17,25