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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.).
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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 19 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:48 - So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God - what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6 - Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10 - but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20 - Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God - a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:15 - Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28 - We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11 - But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17 - All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out - he will be blessed in what he does.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2 - For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
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