- παντελής
- παντελής, ές (πᾶς, τέλος; Trag., Hdt.+; ins, pap; 3 Macc 7:16; GrBar 4:10; Tat. 6, 1; Ath., R. 19 p. 72, 13 al.) in our lit. in the form εἰς τὸ π. for the adv. παντελῶς (Philo, Joseph., Tat., Aelian)① pert. to meeting a very high standard of quality or completeness, completely.ⓐ with respect to an action (quite) complete, perfect, absolute, the same thing as παντελῶς, i.e. completely, fully, wholly. The Armen. version understands σῴζειν εἰς τὸ π. δύναται Hb 7:25 in this sense; so also many later interpreters. μὴ δυναμένη ἀνακῦψαι εἰς τὸ π. Lk 13:11 is also understood in this sense by many: she could not stand completely straight (εἰς τὸ π. in this mng. Aelian, NA 17, 27; Cyranides 57, 4; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 144; Jos., Ant. 1, 267; 3, 264; 274; 6, 30; 7, 325).ⓑ with respect to ability completely, at all so Lk 13:11, if εἰς τὸ π. is taken w. μὴ δυναμένη instead of w. ἀνακῦψαι she was completely unable to straighten herself up = she could not straighten herself up at all (Goodsp.; so the Vulg., but the ancient Syriac gospel transl. [both Sinaitic and Curetonian] permits both this sense and a above.—Ael. Aristid. 26, 72 K.=14 p. 351 D.: παράδειγμα εἰς τὸ π. οὐκ ἔχει).② pert. to unlimited duration of time, forever, for all time (Aelian, VH 7, 2; 12, 20 [parall. to διὰ τέλους]; OGI 642, 2 εἰς τὸ παντελὲς αἰώνιον τειμήν; RB 39, ’30, 544 lines 18f; 546 ln. 6; PLond III, 1164 f, 11 p. 161 [212 A.D.]. Perh. Jos., Ant. 3, 274) Hb 7:25 is understood in this sense by the Vulg., Syr. and Copt. versions, and many moderns, including Rohr, Windisch, Montefiore, NRSV.—DELG s.v. τέλος. M-M. TW.
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