Bible Lexicons

(1) ";complete,"; ";accomplish,"; ";fulfil"; : P Oxy VII. 1061.12 (B.C. 22) ἕως μοι τοῦτο τελέσητε, ";until you accomplish this for me,"; ib..17 ἕως ὅτου τελεσθῆ [ι, ";until it is accomplished,"; P Giss I. 99.11 (ii/iii A.D.) θυσίαι τε [λοῦνται. The verb = ";produce"; in Chrest. I. 236.6 (iii/A.D.) τελοῦσαι ἀν [ὰ πυροῦ ἀ ]ρτ [άβην ] μί [αν.

(2) ";pay"; : P Petr III. 59 (b).3 (census paper—iii/B.C.) ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐστὶν τῶν μὴ τελούντων ἱερὰ ἔθνη, ";from this are to be subtracted those priestly corporations which are exempt from the tax"; (Mahaffy), P Oxy IX. 1210.1 (i/B.C.–i/A.D.) τελοῦντες λαογραφίαν Ὀξυρυγχίτου ἄνδ (ρες), ";men paying poll-tax in the Oxyrhynchite nome,"; P Fay 36.14 (A.D. 111–2) ὑφίσταμαι τελέσειν φόρον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ὀγδοήκοντα, ";I undertake to pay as rent eighty drachmae of silver"; (Edd.), P Oxy VII. 1037.13 (A.D. 444) τελέσ [ω ] σοι ὑπὲρ ἐνοικίου, ";I will pay you for rent,"; ib. VIII. 1130.22 (A.D. 484) ταῦτα τελέσω σοι, ";I will pay you this sum."; Receipts are often introduced by the phrase τετέλεσται, usually written in an abbreviated manner, e.g. P Grenf II. 50 (a) (b) (c) al., mostly belonging to ii/A.D. In BGU VI. 1211.2 (iii/B.C.) the phrase τοὺς κατὰ τὴν χώραν τελοῦντα [ς ] τῶι Διονύσωι, referring to adherents of the Mysteries, has caused difficulty, but, on the whole, Mayser (Gr. ii. p. 82) prefers to take the verb in the sense of ";paying."; See also the very early Christian letter P Amh I, 3 (a)ii. 12 (between A.D. 264 and 282) (= Deissmann LAE2, p. 207) ἰς τὸ καλῶς ε ̣͗χει ̣ν ̣ τ ̣[ελ ]ει ̣̑ν εὖ ἀνέχομαι, ";for the sake of [my own] good feelings I will gladly endure to pay"; (Deissmann).