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GreekG5046Adjective

τέλειος

teleios

17Occurrences
G5046Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588 (ὁ)) completeness

from G5056 (τέλος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect
1.of persons, primarily of physical development
(a)full-grown, mature
(b)complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a *τέλος; *see Hort on
2.Of things, complete, perfect
Synonyms
see: *ὁλόκληρος *(and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.)
LXX: chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

τέλειος appears 17 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

James
4
1 Corinthians
3
Colossians
2
Hebrews
2
Matthew
2
1 John
1
Ephesians
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:10BSB

but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.

1 John 4:18BSB

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Ephesians 4:13BSB

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

James 1:4BSB

Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 3:2BSB

We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.