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(qets, 'ephec, kalah; telos, sunteleo): The end of anything is its termination, hence, also, final object or purpose. It is the translation of several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly in the Old Testament of qets (properly, "a cutting off") and other words from the same root (Gen 6:13, "The end of all flesh is come before me"); 'acharith, "hinder part," is also frequently translated "end" (Dt 11:12; Ps 37:37,38, American Revised Version: "There is a happy end to the man of peace .... The end of the wicked shall be cut off"; the English Revised Version "latter end" (Ps 37:37), margin "reward" or "future posterity"; Ps 73:17; Jer 5:31); coph (from cuph "to come to an end") is several times translated "end" (2 Ch 20:16; Eccl 3:11; 7:2). "End" in the sense of purpose is the translation of lema`an, "to the intent" (Ex 8:22, "to the end thou mayest know"), and of dibhrah (from dabhar, "to speak"); Eccl 7:14 "to the end that man should find nothing after him" (the Revised Version (British and American) "should not find out anything (that shall be) after him"). "Ends of the earth" is the translation of 'ephec, "extremities" (Dt 33:17; Ps 22:27), also of kanaph, "wing" (Job 37:3; 38:13). Other words are netsah, "utmost" (Job 34:36), tequphah, "circuit," "revolution" (Ex 34:22; 2 Ch 24:23, the Revised Version, margin "revolution"), etc. The verb occurs almost invariably in the phrase "to make an end," as the translation of kalah, "to finish," "complete" (Gen 17:30; Dt 20:9; Jer 26:8, etc.); also of nalah, "to complete" (Isa 33:1), and shalam, "to finish" (Isa 38:12,13).
In Dan 9:24, the Iteb text has chatham, "to seal up" ("to complete or finish"), but the margin, followed by the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American), Driver and most moderns, has hathem, "to finish," "end," "complete," a difference of one letter, but practically none in the sense, "to bring to an end"; compare "to finish the transgression," which precedes.
In the New Testament the common word for "end" is telos "an end," "completion," "termination" (Mt 10:22; 24:6; Jn 13:1, the Revised Version, margin "to the uttermost"; Rom 6:21, "The end of those things is death"; 6:22, "the end eternal life; 10:4, Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness"; Rev 21:6; 22:13, etc.); ekbasis, "outgoing" (Heb 13:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "issue"); sunteleia, "full end," is used of "the end of the world" (Mt 13:39; Heb 9:26); peras, "extremity," "the ends of the world" (Rom 10:18); akros, "a point, end" (Mt 24:31, "from one end of heaven to the other"). End as purpose is the translation of eis to, "with a view to" (Acts 7:19; Rom 1:11; 4:16; 1 Thess 3:13); of eis touto, "unto this" (Jn 18:37; Rom 14:9; 2 Cor 2:9); of pros to, "toward this" (Lk 18:1). "To end" (verb) is pleroo, "to fill up" (Lk 7:1; Acts 19:21); once ginomai, "to become" (Jn 13:2, "supper being ended," which the Revised Version (British and American) corrects, giving, "during supper").
For "end" the Revised Version (British and American) has "uttermost part" (Josh 15:8, etc.), "latter end" (Ps 73:17; the English Revised Version Ps 37:38; Prov 5:4); "issue" (Dan 12:8, margin "latter end"; Heb 13:7); "side" (Ezek 41:12). Conversely, it has "end" for "uttermost part" (Josh 15:5); for "side" (Dt 4:32); for "conclusion" (Eccl 12:13); for "an end" (Prov 23:18); "a reward," margin "sequel" or "future," Hebrew "latter end"; "final" (Heb 6:16); for "an end of" (Job 18:2), "snares for" (the American Standard Revised Version "hunt for"); for "at one end" (Jer 51:31), "on every quarter"; for "until the day and night come to an end" (Job 26:10), "unto the confines of light and darkness"; for "have an end" (Lk 22:37), "hath fulfillment," margin, Greek "end"; for "to the end for" (1 Pet 1:13), "perfectly on"; "at the end of" for "in these last days" (Heb 1:2); "His end was nigh" for "He died" (Heb 11:22); "its own end," instead of "for himself" (Prov 16:4, margin "his own purpose"); "neither is there any end to" instead of "for thine iniquities are infinite" (Job 22:5); "to this end" for "therefore" (Mk 1:38; 1 Tim 4:10); for "for this cause," "to this end" (Jn 18:37 twice), "unto this end" (1 Pet 4:6); "to this end" for "for this purpose" (Acts 26:16; 1 Jn 3:8); "to which end" for "wherefore" (2 Thess 1:11); "to the end" is inserted in Gen 18:19 bis, and several other passages. For "ends of the earth" see ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 2.
W. L. Walker Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'end'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.
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