Греческое слово τελος (telos) даёт разночтение перевода в одном месте Писания — оно разобрано карточкой ниже. Ниже — полная словарная статья (LSJ).
Что это: страница одного слова оригинала. Здесь собраны места, где переводы передают его по-разному, и значение слова по словарю. Зачем: увидеть, как выбор перевода меняет смысл, — откройте место, там разобрано, что стоит за расхождением.
2 in contexts like , τ. can be understood as power of deciding, supreme power, and so we have τ. μὲν Ζεὺς ἔχει.. πάντων ὅσ᾽ ἐστί ; καὶ τοῖσ᾽ (i.e. ἰητροῖς) οὐδὲν ἔπεστι τ. they have no power or efficacy, , of persons, to have the power to ratify, ; ὅ τι ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς πλείοσι τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι τ. the decision of the majority must be final, ; κύριος ἔστω ἐπιβάλλειν κατὰ τὸ τ. shall have authority to inflict a fine up to the limit of his powers, Legal cited in ; τοῖς κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν παραγιγνομένοις μηδὲν ἔστω τ. πλὴν ἐπὶ κήρυκι ἢ γραμματεῖ Foed. cited in ; τ. ἔχειν, of things, to have decisive or final authority, σφῷν μὲν ἐντολὴ Διὸς ἔχει τ. δή ; ἡ.. τούτου αἰτίασις οὐκ ἔχει τ. has no validity, ; πρὶν τ. τι αὐτῶν ἔχειν before any of the terms had validity, i.e. had been ratified, ; τοῦ ζῆν καὶ μὴ ζῆν τὸ τ. ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἀναπνεῖν the decisive difference between..источники (10)8th c.BC+ · 7th c.BC+ · 6th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 2nd c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+
4decision, doom Ζεὺς.. οἶδε, ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τ. πεπρωμένον ἐστί ; μήτηρ.. μέ φησι διχθαδίας Κῆρας φερέμεν θανάτοιο τέλος δέ (or τέλοσδε) ; ἐξέφυγον θανάτου τ. :—judicial decision, ἀμμενῶ τ. δίκης ; οὐκ ἔχουσα τῆς δίκης τ. not having authority to decide the case, ; ἦ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τρέποιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίας τ.; will you submit the decision of this case to me? ; τὸ τ. κρίνειν ; decision of an assembly, ; of a king, ; ἐξαιτράπης ἐὼν Ἰωνίης, τ. ἐποίησε τὴν γῆν εἶναι Μιλησίων probably in ; ὥς τοι ἐγὼ μύθου τ. ἐν φρεσὶ θείω the summing up or crux of the matterисточники (7)8th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+
5something done or ordered to be done, task, service, duty, γνῶ.. ὅ οἱ οὔ τι τ. κατὰ καίριον ἦλθεν on no fatal errand, ; ὅσοις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπέσταλται τ. ; μ᾽ Ἀπόλλων τῷδ᾽ ἐπέστησεν τέλει ; ἄυπνα ὀμμάτων τέλη the wakeful duties (or services) of the eyes, ; ἀμφοτερᾶν τοι χαρίτων.. ζεύξω τ. the rendering of both services, ; αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τ. a small service or favour, ; obligation to render a service or payment, ὅτε δὴ μισθοῖο τ. πολυγηθέες ὧραι ἐξέφερον the Payment(-day) of the wage, ; ἐν τέλει μαθεῖν to be taught for a feeисточники (6)8th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+
6 plural, services or offerings due to the gods, δαίμοσιν θῦσαι θέλουσα πελανόν, ὧν τέλη τάδε ; ἔλιπον Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ πάγχαλκα τ. ; of the Eleusinian mysteries, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τ. ; called μεγάλα τ., ; rarely in singular, τοῦδε μυστικοῦ τέλους this mystic rite, ; of the marriage rite, τ. γάμοιο ; γαμήλιον τ. ; τὰ νυμφικὰ τ.источники (8)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
7service rendered by a citizen in the Solonian constitution to the state, also his rating according to this service, θητικοῦ ἀντὶ τέλους ἱππάδ᾽ ἀμειψάμενος epigram cited in ; τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰς τέτταρα τ. four ratings or classes, ; later, τὸ τῶν ἱππέων τ., Latin ordo equesterисточники (2)4th c.BC+ · 2nd c.AD+
8dues exacted by the state, ; ἀγορᾶς τ. a market-toll, ; πορνικὸν τ. ; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, ; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D.[same place], ; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, ; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athensисточники (7)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
9financial means, expenditure usually in dative plural, ὃς ἂν τοῖς ἰδίοις τ. μὴ ἑαυτὸν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὠφελῇ by the use of his own means, ; κακῶς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ποιούντων τέλεσι τοῖς οἰκείοις if we harm ourselves at our own expenseисточники (2)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
10 a military station or post with defined duties (compare signification ; δόρπον ἔπειθ᾽ ἑλόμεσθα κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν at our posts, in the ranks, ; later, military unit, division, squadron, τέλει ἑνὶ τῶν ἱππέων ; in the Roman army, legionисточники (3)8th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 1st c.AD+
10.ba force of infantry, ={μεραρχία}источники (1)1st c.BC+
10.ca force of cavalryисточники (1)1st c.BC+
II δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη troops or columns of.. chariots, ; of ships, τρία τ. ποιήσαντες τῶν νεῶν flocks of birds, variant for{γένεα}источники (3)4th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
II.b a length of time (or space), term, course, ἀρετάς, αἷσι Κλεωνυμίδαι θάλλοντες αἰεὶ σὺν θεῷ θνατὸν διέρχονται βιότου τ.источники (1)5th c.BC+
II.2state of completion or maturity, τ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, of plants or animals, to attain maturity, : hence, completion, end, finish, τ. ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ λόγῳ complete it, ; ὃ πᾶσι τοῖς προτέροις ἐπ έθηκε τ. as a finish to all his former acts, ; τ. λαβεῖν to be completed, ; οὐ τ. ἵκεο μύθων didst not reach the end of thy speech, ; ἑκάστων πρὸς τέλος ἀχθέντων ; ἡ εἰκοστὴ τοῦ νοσήματος ἡμέρα τ. μὲν τριῶν ἑβδομάδων, ἓξ δὲ τετράδων —frequently in Adverbial phrases:источники (6)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 8th c.BC+ · 2nd c.BC+ · 2nd c.AD+
II.2.a τέλος at last, ὥστε τ. ἡσυχίαν ἦγον ; but most frequently at the beginning of the clause, μάχης δὲ καρτερῆς γενομένης, τέλος οὐδέτεροι νικήσαντες διέστησαν ; ἀλλὰ τ. ; καὶ τ. ; τό γε τ.источники (5)5th c.BC+ · 6th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
II.2.b <ἐς τ. in the end, in the long run, πάντως ἐς τ. ἐξεφάνη ; εἰς τ. ; ὁρῶντες τὴν Λιβύην εἰς τ. ἀβλαβῆ διαμένουσαν altogether, completely, ; ἐς τ. ἄνυε μοίρας uncertain reading inисточники (4)6th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 2nd c.BC+ · 3rd c.BC+
II.2.c διὰ τέλους (originally perhaps from signification performance or time), through to the end, completely, ; throughout, all the time, always, ; permanently, for good, τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί σε διὰ τ.источники (3)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 3rd c.BC+
II.2.d ἐπὶ τέλος at the end, opposed to ἐν ἀρχῇисточники (1)2nd c.AD+
II.2.e τέλει perhaps in the endисточники (1)5th c.BC+
II.3 especially τ. ἔχειν βίου to have reached the end of life, to be dead, : less frequently absolutely, death, ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τ. μολεῖν ; ἔχει τὸ κάλλιστον τ. ; ἔχει τ., ={τετελεύτηκε}, Laconian phrase accusative to ; reversely, τ. ἔχει τινά —but ὀλβίως ἔλυσεν τὸ τ. βίου has paid life's toll ; τὸ τ. ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ poetical in ; πρὶν ἂν πέλας (variant{τέλος}) γραμμῆς ἵκηται καὶ τ. κάμψῃ βίουисточники (7)5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+ · 5th c.BC+
II.5end of a word, ; of a sentence, ἐπὶ τέλει πρόσκειται ; of a chapter or book, ἐπὶ τέλει ἀναλυθήσεται ; ἀπὸ τέλους τοῦ σταδίου, opposed to ἀπὸ μέσουисточники (3)2nd c.AD+ · 2nd c.AD+ · 5th c.BC+
III.3.b the end or purpose of action, τ. εἶναι ἁπασῶν τῶν πράξεων τὸ ἀγαθόν : hence, the final cause, ={τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα}, ; hence simply ={τὸ ἀγαθόν}, the chief goodисточники (2)4th c.BC+ · 4th c.BC+