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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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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:5 - The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:13 - You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:26 - “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:22 - I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - She: I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:19 - The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.
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