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Lexicon :: Strong's G5046 - teleios

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τέλειος
Transliteration
teleios (Key)
Pronunciation
tel'-i-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:67,1161

Trench's Synonyms: xxii. ὁλόκληρος, τέλειος, ἄρτιος.

Strong’s Definitions

τέλειος téleios, tel'-i-os; from G5056; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588) completeness:—of full age, man, perfect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G5046 in the following manner: perfect (17x), man (1x), of full age (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G5046 in the following manner: perfect (17x), man (1x), of full age (1x).

  1. brought to its end, finished

  2. wanting nothing necessary to completeness

  3. perfect

  4. that which is perfect

    1. consummate human integrity and virtue

    2. of men

      1. full grown, adult, of full age, mature

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τέλειος téleios, tel'-i-os; from G5056; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588) completeness:—of full age, man, perfect.
STRONGS G5046:
τέλειος, τελεία, τέλειον (τέλος), in classic Greek sometimes also τέλειος, τέλειον (cf. Winers Grammar, § 11,1), from Homer down, the Sept. several times for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים, etc.; properly, brought to its end, finished; lacking nothing necessary to completeness; perfect: ἔργον, James 1:4; ἡ ἀγάπη, 1 John 4:18; ὁ νόμος, James 1:25; (δώρημα, James 1:17); τελειοτερα σκηνή, a more perfect (excellent) tabernacle, Hebrews 9:11; τό τέλειον, substantively, that which is perfect: consummate human integrity and virtue, Romans 12:2 (others take it here as an adjective belonging to θέλημα); the perfect state of all things, to be ushered in by the return of Christ from heaven, 1 Corinthians 13:10; of men, full-grown, adult; of full age, mature (Aeschylus Ag. 1504; Plato, legg. 11, p. 929{c}): Hebrews 5:14; τέλειος ἀνήρ (Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 4f; 8, 7, 6; Philo de cherub. § 32; opposed to παιδίον νήπιον, Polybius 5, 29, 2; for other examples from other authors see Bleek, Brief a. d. Hebrew ii., 2, p. 133f), μέχρι... εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον, until we rise to the same level of knowledge which we ascribe to a full-grown man, until we can be likened to a full-grown man, Ephesians 4:13 (opposed to νήπιοι, 14); τέλειοι ταῖς φρεσί (opposed to παιδία and νηπιαζοντες ταῖς φρεσί), 1 Corinthians 14:20 (here A. V. men); absolutely, οἱ τέλειοι, the perfect, i. e. the more intelligent, ready to apprehend divine things, 1 Corinthians 2:6 (R. V. marginal reading full-grown) (opposed to νήπιοι ἐν Χριστῷ, 1 Corinthians 3:1; in simple opposed to νήπιος, Philo de legg. alleg. i. § 30; for מֵבִין, opposed to μαντανων, 1 Chronicles 25:8; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians 1:28; Philippians 3:15)); of mind and character, one who has reached the proper height of virtue and integrity: Matthew 5:48; Matthew 19:21; Philippians 3:15 (cf. Lightfoot as above); James 1:4; in an absolute sense, of God: Matthew 5:48; τέλειος ἀνήρ, James 3:2 (τέλειος δίκαιος, Sir. 44:17); as respects understanding and goodness, Colossians 4:12; τέλειος ἄνθρωπος ἐν Χριστῷ, Colossians 1:28 (cf. Lightfoot as the synonym above: see ὁλόκληρος, and Trench, § xxii.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
25:8
Matthew
5:48; 5:48; 19:21
Romans
12:2
1 Corinthians
2:6; 3:1; 13:10; 14:20
Ephesians
4:13
Philippians
3:15; 3:15
Colossians
1:28; 1:28; 4:12
Hebrews
5:14; 9:11
James
1:4; 1:4; 1:17; 1:25; 3:2
1 John
4:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5046 matches the Greek τέλειος (teleios),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [fn]blameless among those in his generations; Noah walked with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:5 - ‘Your [fn]lamb shall be a male, without blemish, a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:13 - “You shall be [fn]blameless before Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:26

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“With the [fn]kind You show Yourself [fn]kind,

With the [fn]blameless You show Yourself [fn]blameless;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - “Let your heart therefore be [fn]wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - Now it happened at the time that Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not [fn]wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not [fn]wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, like the heart of his father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - But the high places were not removed; nevertheless the heart of Asa was [fn]wholly devoted to Yahweh all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 -

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with [fn]a whole heart and a delighted soul; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The [fn]governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood with Urim and Thummim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:22 -

I hate them with the utmost hatred;

They have become my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

“[fn]I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is full of dew,

My locks with the [fn]damp of the night.’

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She is the only one—my dove, my perfect one;

She is the only one of her mother;

She is the pure one of her who bore her.

The daughters saw her and called her blessed,

The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 -

The cities of the Negev have been closed up,

And there is no one to open them;

All Judah has been taken away into exile,

Wholly taken away into exile.

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