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TR-kalah-synteleo — H3615 (כָּלָה) → G4931 (συντελέω)

Chain

Hebrew OT          LXX Bridge              Greek NT
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כָּלָה (kâlâh)     →  συντελέω (synteleo)  →  7 NT uses
H3615, 199 vv        85 co-occurrences        G4931
verb                  PMI Score: 27.17         verb

Hebrew Word: H3615 כָּלָה (kâlâh)

  • Part of Speech: Verb
  • Verses: 199 in OT
  • Core meaning: To end — intransitive (cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (complete, prepare, consume)
  • Study: H3615-kalah.md

Key KJV renderings

"had made an end" (13v), "finished" (6v), "shall fail" (6v), "consumed" (4v)

Representative OT usage

  • Gen 2:1–2 — Creation finished: "the heavens and the earth were finished... God ended his work"
  • Exo 39:32 — Tabernacle completed: "all the work of the tabernacle...was finished"
  • Lam 3:22 — Mercies endure: "we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not"
  • Jer 8:20 — Harvest past: "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved"

LXX Bridge

H3615 is rendered by multiple Greek words in the LXX, with συντελέω (G4931) as the dominant equivalent:

Greek Word Co-occ PMI Score Notes
συντελέω G4931 85 27.17 The primary bridge — "complete entirely"
ἐκλείπω G1587 30 15.96 "Fail, cease" — covers the intransitive sense
παύω G3973 15 13.71 "Stop, cease"
τελέω G5055 5 9.84 "End, complete, conclude"

Greek Word: G4931 συντελέω (synteléō)

  • Part of Speech: Verb
  • Verses: 7 in NT
  • Core meaning: To complete entirely; generally, to execute
  • Study: G4931-synteleo.md

NT Occurrences (7 verses)

  • Mat 7:28 — "when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished"
  • Mar 13:4 — "what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled"
  • Luk 4:2 — "when they were ended, he afterward hungered"
  • Luk 4:13 — "when the devil had ended all the temptation"
  • Act 21:27 — "when the seven days were almost ended"
  • Rom 9:28 — "he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness"
  • Heb 8:8 — "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel"

Word Family

  • G4929 συντάσσω (syntassō) — to arrange jointly
  • G4930 συντέλεια (synteleia) — completion, consummation (Mt 13:39 "the harvest is the end of the world")
  • G4932 συντέμνω (syntemnō) — to contract by cutting

Trace Significance

  1. Creation to New Creation: kalah opens the Bible (Gen 2:1–2) describing the completion of creation. συντέλεια (the noun cognate) closes the age in NT eschatology (Mt 13:39 "consummation of the age").

  2. Speaking / Discourses: Both words structure narrative transitions: "when he had made an end of speaking" (kalah in OT) / "when Jesus had ended these sayings" (synteleo in NT: Mt 7:28).

  3. Divine Completion: The pattern of God completing what He begins (creation, tabernacle, temple) runs through both testaments: Gen 2:1 → Exo 39:32 → 1Ki 6:38 → Rom 9:28 ("he will finish the work").

  4. Covenant Language: In Heb 8:8 (quoting Jer 31:31), synteleo translates the act of God "making/consummating" the new covenant — echoing kalah's use in OT covenant-keeping contexts.

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