Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the contestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end. 2. (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain. 3. (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.

Multi-Version Concordance Goal (7 Occurrences) Luke 13:32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox,'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. (See NAS NIV) 1 Corinthians 9:26 That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air, (WEY) Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh? (See NIV) Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) 1 Timothy 1:5 but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith; (WEB NAS NIV) 1 Peter 1:9 receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (See NIV) Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay. (See NAS)