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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
FINISH

fin'-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).

W. L. Walker

Greek
1615. ekteleo -- to complete fully
... 1615 (from 1537 , "wholly ," intensifying 5055 , "to complete, finish") --
properly, finish , ie completely, to the (come). ... finish. ...
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1274. dianuo -- to accomplish fully
... to accomplish fully. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dianuo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-an-oo'-o) Short Definition: I finish, complete Definition: I finish ...
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5055. teleo -- to bring to an end, complete, fulfill
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: teleo Phonetic Spelling: (tel-eh'-o) Short
Definition: I end, accomplish, pay Definition: (a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill ...
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5048. teleioo -- to bring to an end, to complete, perfect
... Spelling: (tel-io'-o) Short Definition: I complete, accomplish, make perfect Definition:
(a) as a course, a race, or the like: I complete, finish (b) as of ...
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2005. epiteleo -- to complete, accomplish
... Origin from epi and teleo Definition to complete, accomplish NASB Word Usage
accomplished (1), complete (1), completion (1), erect (1), finish (1), finished ( ...
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1822. exartizo -- to complete, to equip fully
... fully. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exartizo Phonetic Spelling:
(ex-ar-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I completely furnish, equip, finish Definition: ( ...
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5053. teleutao -- to complete, to come to an end, hence to die
... come to an end, hence to die. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: teleutao Phonetic
Spelling: (tel-yoo-tah'-o) Short Definition: I end, finish, die Definition ...
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4931. sunteleo -- to complete, accomplish
... 4931 (from 4862 , "closely " and 5055 , "to complete, finish") -- properly, (),
reaching the desired -point (result, ). ... finish, fulfill, make. ...
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658. apoteleo -- to bring to an end, complete
... finish. From apo and teleo; to complete entirely, ie Consummate -- finish. see
GREEK apo. see GREEK teleo. (apotelestheisa) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5051. teleiotes -- a completer, finisher
... Cognate: 5051 (a masculine noun) -- properly, a consummator, bringing a
process to its finish (used only in Heb 12:2). See 5056 (). ...
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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
... 2627, 2628. chasal. 2629 . to finish off, consume. Transliteration: chasal
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-sal') Short Definition: consume. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1214. batsa -- to cut off, break off, gain by violence
... gain by violence NASB Word Usage accomplished (1), break (1), break ranks (1),
completed (1), cut me off (1), cut off (1), cuts me off (1), finish (1), gains ...
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3635. kelal -- to complete
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to kalal Definition to complete NASB Word Usage
finish (2), finished (4), finishing (1). finish, make set up. ...
/hebrew/3635.htm - 6k

7999. shalam -- to be complete or sound
... make amends, make an end, finish, full, give again, make good, repay again
A primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate ...
/hebrew/7999.htm - 6k

8000. shelem -- to be complete
... deliver, finish. (Aramaic) corresponding to shalam; to complete, to restore -- deliver,
finish. see HEBREW shalam. 7999b, 8000. shelem. 8001 . Strong's Numbers
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3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished ...
... 1), died (1), end (4), ended (3), ending (1), exhausted (2), exterminated (1), fail
(10), failed (1), fails (2), faints (1), feed (1), finish (6), finished (67 ...
/hebrew/3615.htm - 7k

3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold
... finish, forbid, keep back, refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed,.
A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in ...
/hebrew/3607.htm - 6k

6213. asah -- do, make
... of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in)
execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly ...
/hebrew/6213.htm - 6k

8552. tamam -- to be complete or finished
... 2), completed (1), completely (3), consume (1), consumed (4), count (1), destroyed
(6), end (1), ended (3), fail (1), finally (1), finish (1), finished (7 ...
/hebrew/8552.htm - 6k

Library

A High Finish. May 28.
... A High Finish. May 28. A high artistic finish is important for more reasons
than for the mere pleasure it gives. There is something ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /a high finish may 28.htm

That He Shall not be Allowed to Begin the Building of an Oratory ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon XVII. That he shall not be allowed to begin
the building of an oratory, who has not the means wherewith to finish it. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xvii that he shall.htm

How Vespasian Upon Hearing of Some Commotions in Gall, Made Haste ...
... CHAPTER 8. How Vespasian Upon Hearing Of Some Commotions In Gall, Made
Haste To Finish The Jewish War. A Description Of. Jericho ...
/.../chapter 8 how vespasian upon.htm

How those are to be Admonished who do not Even Begin Good Things ...
... XXXIV. How those are to be admonished who do not even begin good things,
and those who do not finish them when begun. (Admonition ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xxxiv how those are.htm

The Work is Taken up after a violent Interruption, which Has ...
... up my mind to build up in writing the tower of the Gospel; and I have therefore
sate down to count the cost, [4810] if I have sufficient to finish it, lest I ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/1 the work is taken.htm

"For Hereunto were Ye Called; Because Christ Also Suffered for You ...
... Henry Maxwell was trying to finish his Sunday morning sermon. ... He did not finish
his sentence but he went downstairs and opened the front door. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter one for hereunto were.htm

The Founder and Finisher of the Temple
... THE TEMPLE. 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
house; his hands shall also finish it.'"Zechariah 4:9. I ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the founder and finisher of.htm

of the Woman driven into the Wilderness.
... Witnesses. The times of the beast and of the prophecy of the witnesses being
also equal, finish together at the end of the sixth trumpet. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/synchronism i of the.htm

The Cardinal Point of the Synchronisms; Or, the Synchronism
... For since the 1260 days of the witnesses' mourning in sackcloth finish at the end
of the sixth trumpet, or the beginning of the seventh, there also must the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/i the cardinal point of.htm

The Faithful Missionary.
... "Yes," he said, "I was making a plea for India, and I didn't quite finish my speech,
did I?" After being told that he did not, he said, "Take me back and let ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/the faithful missionary.htm

Thesaurus
Finish (35 Occurrences)
... See Inside finish, and Outside finish. ... 10. (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start,
or beginning. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FINISH. ...
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End (3706 Occurrences)
... a Brussels carpet. 7. (vt) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish;
to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. 8. (vt) To ...
/e/end.htm - 17k

Dispatch (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute
quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. ...
/d/dispatch.htm - 9k

Course (87 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 4:7); "as John fulfilled (the Revised Version (British and American)
"was fulfilling") his course" (Acts 13:25); "that I might finish (the Revised ...
/c/course.htm - 38k

Issued (40 Occurrences)
... 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? ...
/i/issued.htm - 18k

Fine (184 Occurrences)
... See Fine, n., 3 (b). 21. (vt) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. Int. ... FINE.
fin (adj., from Latin finire, "to finish"): Indicates superior quality. ...
/f/fine.htm - 47k

Rebuild (36 Occurrences)
... 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? ...
/r/rebuild.htm - 16k

Decree (82 Occurrences)
... 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? ...
/d/decree.htm - 34k

Spoiler (11 Occurrences)
... and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou
art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal ...
/s/spoiler.htm - 11k

Structure (19 Occurrences)
... beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto
them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? ...
/s/structure.htm - 12k

Resources
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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.
(See NAS NIV)

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.'
(WEY)

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.'
(WEY RSV)

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?
(KJV WEY WBS)

Luke 14:29
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:30
saying,'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

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.
(KJV WBS YLT NIV)

John 17:4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

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.
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

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."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

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.
(KJV WBS YLT)

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.
(WBS YLT NAS NIV)

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.
(See NIV)

James 1:4
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
(See NIV)

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.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

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.'
(Root in WEB YLT NAS NIV)

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.
(YLT NAS NIV)

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,
(Root in WEB YLT NAS RSV)

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;
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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.'"
(See NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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?
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

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?
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Ezra 10:17
And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
(Root in JPS YLT NAS NIV)

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?
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 90:9
For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
(See NAS NIV)

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.
(Root in WEB YLT NAS)

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 --
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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,
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Subtopics

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Wasn't (35 Occurrences)

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Floor (69 Occurrences)

Fining-pot (2 Occurrences)

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Tattenai (4 Occurrences)

To-day (208 Occurrences)

Tat'tenai (4 Occurrences)

Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences)

Thoroughly (48 Occurrences)

Testifying (35 Occurrences)

Task (37 Occurrences)

To-morrow (52 Occurrences)

Tool (13 Occurrences)

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Rid (39 Occurrences)

Replenish (3 Occurrences)

Effecting (9 Occurrences)

Execute (83 Occurrences)

Decks (2 Occurrences)

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Draweth (52 Occurrences)

Do (21637 Occurrences)

Driving (144 Occurrences)

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Discuss (8 Occurrences)

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Mock (43 Occurrences)

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Perhaps (89 Occurrences)

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Begin (56 Occurrences)

Beholding (45 Occurrences)

Beetle (7 Occurrences)

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Begins (12 Occurrences)

Bozenai (2 Occurrences)

Commanders (93 Occurrences)

Colleagues (8 Occurrences)

Counteth (7 Occurrences)

Conclude (1 Occurrence)

Consume (136 Occurrences)

Calculate (7 Occurrences)

Cubit (51 Occurrences)

Consummate (1 Occurrence)

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