Word study
End
26 Hebrew and 5 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: end, ends, ended, ending. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
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How often each original word is translated “end” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- קָצֶה qâtsehend, extremitytranslated this way 42 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H7097Noun · Translated: end 25, ends 14, edge 9, outskirts 6Full study and all 81 verses →
Genesis 23:9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
Exodus 26:5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
- קֵץ qêtsendtranslated this way 37 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H7093Noun · Translated: end 37, after 7, farthest 2, later 2Full study and all 56 verses →
Genesis 6:13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
Exodus 12:41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- אַחֲרִית achărîthafter-part, endtranslated this way 22 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H319Noun · Translated: end 21, future 6, latter 5, come 4Full study and all 60 verses →
Numbers 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
Deuteronomy 8:16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- שָׁבַת shâbathcease, desist, resttranslated this way 21 times of its 71 uses · Strong’s H7673Verb · Translated: put an end 13, cease 5, rest 5, rested 4Full study and all 67 verses →
Nehemiah 4:11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
Psalm 89:44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- כָּלָה kâlâhbe complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spenttranslated this way 14 times of its 206 uses · Strong’s H3615Verb · Translated: finished 54, fail 12, consumed 9, completed 7Full study and all 200 verses →
Genesis 41:53 When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
- אֶפֶס ephesthe two extremitiestranslated this way 14 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H657Noun · Translated: ends 13, none 4, Nevertheless 2, and 2Full study and all 39 verses →
Deuteronomy 33:17 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
1 Samuel 2:10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- קָצָה qâtsâhendtranslated this way 13 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H7098Noun · Translated: corners 10, ends 9, end 4, other 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Exodus 25:18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
Job 28:24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
- הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 11 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb · Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
- אַחֲרוֹן achărôncoming aftertranslated this way 9 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s H314Adjective · Translated: last 11, end 9, come 5, Western 4Full study and all 47 verses →
2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
2 Chronicles 9:29 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
- תָּמַם tâmambe complete, finishedtranslated this way 8 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H8552Verb · Translated: gone 6, finished 4, consumed 4, meet their end 3Full study and all 54 verses →
Numbers 14:35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
Deuteronomy 31:24 When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
- פֶּה pehmouthtranslated this way 6 times of its 423 uses · Strong’s H6310Noun · Translated: mouth 207, mouths 43, command 38, lips 10Full study and all 396 verses →
2 Kings 10:21 Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
Ezra 9:11 that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
- כָּלָה kâlâhcompletion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilationtranslated this way 6 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H3617Noun · Translated: destruction 4, end 4, destroy 2Full study and all 17 verses →
Jeremiah 5:18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Ezekiel 11:13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- קִיצוֹן qîtsônat the end, outermosttranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H7020Adjective · Translated: end 4Full study and all 4 verses →
Exodus 26:4 Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
Exodus 26:10 Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
- יְרֵכָה yerêkâhflank, sidetranslated this way 4 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H3411Noun · Translated: rear 4, ends 3, far 3, two back 2Full study and all 28 verses →
Jeremiah 6:22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Ezekiel 46:19 Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
- סוֹף sôphendtranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H5491Noun · Translated: ends 2, extends to the ends 1, never end 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Daniel 4:11 The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 4:22 you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
- עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 3 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition · Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43Full study and all 1,024 verses →
Leviticus 25:30 If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
- סוֹף sôphendtranslated this way 3 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H5490Noun · Translated: end 3, conclusion 1, rear guard 1Full study and all 5 verses →
2 Chronicles 20:16 Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
- כָּנָף kânâphwing, extremitytranslated this way 3 times of its 96 uses · Strong’s H3671Noun · Translated: wings 53, wing 12, corners 4, corner 3Full study and all 79 verses →
Job 37:3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
- זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 2 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun · Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27Full study and all 913 verses →
- מָלֵא mâlêbe full, filltranslated this way 2 times of its 242 uses · Strong’s H4390Verb · Translated: filled 66, full 34, fill 31, complete 8Full study and all 235 verses →
Esther 1:5 At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
Ezekiel 5:2 When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- עֵקֶב êqebconsequencetranslated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H6118Conjunction · Translated: because 4, end 2Full study and all 12 verses →
Psalm 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
Psalm 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- שָׁלַם shâlambe complete, soundtranslated this way 2 times of its 109 uses · Strong’s H7999Verb · Translated: repay 20, fulfill 14, make restitution 7, made peace 6Full study and all 106 verses →
Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
Isaiah 38:13 I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- בַּלָּהָה ballâhâhterror, dreadful event, calamity, destructiontranslated this way 2 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s H1091Noun · Translated: Terrors 6, horrible end 2, sudden terror 1, object of horror 1Full study and all 10 verses →
Ezekiel 27:36 Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
Ezekiel 28:19 All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- קְצָת qetsâthendtranslated this way 2 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H7117Noun · Translated: end 2, corners 1, some of 1, far away 1Full study and all 7 verses →
Daniel 1:15 And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
Daniel 1:18 Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
- רֹאשׁ rôshheadtranslated this way 2 times of its 570 uses · Strong’s H7218Noun · Translated: head 200, heads 113, chief 31, top 29Full study and all 530 verses →
- קֶצֶו qetsevend, boundarytranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s H7099Noun · Translated: ends 2, borders 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Psalm 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalm 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
Greek words (New Testament)
- τέλος télosan end, purpose, taxtranslated this way 24 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s G5056Noun · Translated: end 24, outcome 5, fulfillment 2, revenue 2Full study and all 38 verses →
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Mark 3:26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
- συντέλεια syntéleiaa completion, consummation, endtranslated this way 6 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4930Noun · Translated: end 6Full study and all 6 verses →
Matthew 13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
- πέρας pérasa boundary, limit, an endtranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G4009Noun · Translated: ends 3, end 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Matthew 12:42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11:31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- ἄκρον ákronthe end, extremitytranslated this way 3 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G206Noun · Translated: ends 2, end 1, tip 1, top 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Mark 13:27 And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- ἔσχατος éschatoslast, at the last, finallytranslated this way 3 times of its 52 uses · Strong’s G2078Adjective · Translated: last 42, final 5, ends 2, Finally 1Full study and all 47 verses →
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession , like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.