Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.2. (v. t.) To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish. 3. (v. i.) To come to an end; to terminate. 4. (v. i.) To end; to die. 5. (n.) That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects. 6. (n.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish. 7. (n.) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. 8. (n.) See Finishing coat, under Finishing. 9. (n.) The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc. 10. (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia FINISHfin'-ish (kalah; teleo, with other Hebrew and Greek words): The proper sense of "finish" is to end or complete; so for "finish," "finished," in the King James Version, there is sometimes met with in the Revised Version (British and American) the change to "complete" (Luke 14:28 2 Corinthians 8:6), "accomplish" (John 4:34; John 5:36; John 17:4), "made an end of doing" (2 Chronicles 4:11; compare 2 Chronicles 24:14), etc. In James 1:15, for "sin, when it is finished," the Revised Version (British and American) reads "sin when it is full-grown," corresponding to "conceived" of the previous clause. On the other hand, the Revised Version (British and American) has frequently "finished" for other words, as "ended" (Genesis 2:2 Deuteronomy 31:30), "accomplished" (John 19:28), "filled up," "fulfilled" (Revelation 15:1, 8), etc. The grandest Scriptural example of the word is the cry upon the cross, "It is finished" (Tetelestai, John 19:30). Greek 1615. ekteleo -- to complete fully ... 1615 (from 1537 , "wholly ," intensifying 5055 , "to complete, finish") -- properly, finish , ie completely, to the (come). ... finish. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1615.htm - 7k 1274. dianuo -- to accomplish fully 5055. teleo -- to bring to an end, complete, fulfill 5048. teleioo -- to bring to an end, to complete, perfect 2005. epiteleo -- to complete, accomplish 1822. exartizo -- to complete, to equip fully 5053. teleutao -- to complete, to come to an end, hence to die 4931. sunteleo -- to complete, accomplish 658. apoteleo -- to bring to an end, complete 5051. teleiotes -- a completer, finisher Strong's Hebrew 3319. yetsa -- to bring out, finish... 3318, 3319. yetsa. 3320 . to bring out, finish. Transliteration: yetsa Phonetic Spelling: (yets-aw') Short Definition: completed. ... finish. ... /hebrew/3319.htm - 6k 2628. chasal -- to finish off, consume 1214. batsa -- to cut off, break off, gain by violence 3635. kelal -- to complete 7999. shalam -- to be complete or sound 8000. shelem -- to be complete 3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished ... 3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold 6213. asah -- do, make 8552. tamam -- to be complete or finished Library A High Finish. May 28. That He Shall not be Allowed to Begin the Building of an Oratory ... How Vespasian Upon Hearing of Some Commotions in Gall, Made Haste ... How those are to be Admonished who do not Even Begin Good Things ... The Work is Taken up after a violent Interruption, which Has ... "For Hereunto were Ye Called; Because Christ Also Suffered for You ... The Founder and Finisher of the Temple of the Woman driven into the Wilderness. The Cardinal Point of the Synchronisms; Or, the Synchronism The Faithful Missionary. Thesaurus Finish (35 Occurrences)... See Inside finish, and Outside finish. ... 10. (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FINISH. ... /f/finish.htm - 20k End (3706 Occurrences) Dispatch (5 Occurrences) Course (87 Occurrences) Issued (40 Occurrences) Fine (184 Occurrences) Rebuild (36 Occurrences) Decree (82 Occurrences) Spoiler (11 Occurrences) Structure (19 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Finish (35 Occurrences)Matthew 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come. Matthew 20:8 "When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.' Luke 13:32 "Go," He replied, "and take this message to that fox: "'See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.' Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Luke 14:29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, Luke 14:30 saying,'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.' John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. John 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. Acts 20:24 But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God. Romans 9:28 for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth." 2 Corinthians 8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 2 Corinthians 8:11 Now therefore finish the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 2 Corinthians 9:5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. James 1:4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Revelation 11:7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. Genesis 6:16 You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels. Genesis 24:45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her,'Please let me drink.' Deuteronomy 20:9 and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people. Joshua 10:20 It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, Joshua 19:49 And they finish to give the land in inheritance, by its borders, and the sons of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst; Joshua 19:51 These 'are' the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, have caused to inherit by lot, in Shiloh, before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting; and they finish to apportion the land. Ruth 2:21 Ruth the Moabitess said, "Yes, he said to me,'You shall stay close to my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.'" 1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David. Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? Ezra 10:17 And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. Nehemiah 4:2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned? Psalms 90:9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh. Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. Jeremiah 43:1 And it cometh to pass, when Jeremiah doth finish to speak unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, with which Jehovah their God hath sent him unto them -- all these words -- Jeremiah 51:63 And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat, Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Daniel 12:7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Zechariah 4:9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. Subtopics Related Terms Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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