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Lexicon :: Strong's G5048 - teleioō

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τελειόω
Transliteration
teleioō (Key)
Pronunciation
tel-i-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
23x in 17 unique form(s) TR
24x in 18 unique form(s) LXX
14x in 12 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:79,1161

Strong’s Definitions

τελειόω teleióō, tel-i-o'-o; from G5046; to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character):—consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G5048 in the following manner: make perfect (12x), perfect (4x), finish (4x), fulfil (2x), be perfect (1x), consecrate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G5048 in the following manner: make perfect (12x), perfect (4x), finish (4x), fulfil (2x), be perfect (1x), consecrate (1x).

  1. to make perfect, complete

    1. to carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to an end

  2. to complete (perfect)

    1. add what is yet wanting in order to render a thing full

    2. to be found perfect

  3. to bring to the end (goal) proposed

  4. to accomplish

    1. bring to a close or fulfilment by event

      1. of the prophecies of the scriptures

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τελειόω teleióō, tel-i-o'-o; from G5046; to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character):—consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.
STRONGS G5048:
τελειόω (in secular authors also τελεόω, which Herodotus uses everywhere (and which is the prevailing form in Attic prose (Liddell and Scott)); other writers use both forms indifferently), τελείω: 1 aorist ετελείωσα; perfect τετελείωκα; passive (or middle), present τελειοῦμαι; perfect τετελείωμαι; 1 aorist ἐτελειωθην; (τέλειος); from Herodotus, Sophocles, Thucydides, and Plato down; equivalent to τέλειον ποιῶ, to make perfect or complete;
1. to carry through completely; to accomplish, finish, bring to an end: τόν, Acts 20:24; τό ἔργον, John 4:34; John 5:36; John 17:4,(Nehemiah 6:16; τόν οἶκον, 2 Chronicles 8:16); τάς ἡμέρας, Luke 2:43; middle (present cf. Buttmann, 38 (33)) τελειοῦμαι, I finish complete, what was given me to do, Luke 13:32 (some (so A. V.) take it here as passive, I am perfected (understanding it of his death; cf. Ellicott, Life of our Lord, Lect. vi., p. 242 n{1}; Keim, ii., 615 n^1)).
2. to complete (perfect), i. e. add what is yet lacking in order to render a thing full: τήν ἀγάπην, passive, 1 John 2:5; 1 John 4:12, 17; ἡ δύναμις μου ἐν ἀσθένεια τελειοῦται, my power shows itself most efficacious in them that are weak, 2 Corinthians 12:9 R G; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων ἡ πίστις ἐτελειώθη, by works faith was perfected, made such as it ought to be, James 2:22; τετελείωται τίς ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη, one has been made perfect in love, his love lacks nothing, 1 John 4:18 (οἱ τελειωθεντες ἐν ἀγάπη, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 50, 3 [ET]; (τελειῶσαι τήν ἐκκλησίαν σου ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη σου, 'Teaching' etc. 10, 5 [ET])); ἵνα ὠσί τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν, that they may be perfected into one, i. e. perfectly united, John 17:23. τινα, to bring one's character to perfection: ἤδη τετελείωμαι, I am already made perfect, Philippians 3:12 (Wis. 4:13; ὦ ψυχή... ὅταν τελειωθης καί βραβειων καί στεφάνων ἀξιωθης, Philo de legg. alleg. 3, 23; ψυχή... τελειωθεισα ἐν ἀρετῶν ἀθλοις καί ἐπί τόν ὅρον ἐφικομενη τοῦ καλοῦ, id. de somn. 1, 21; equivalent to to be footpad perfect, Sir. 34:10 (Sir. 31:10).
3. to bring to the end (goal) proposed: οὐδέν, Hebrews 7:19; τινα, (to perfect or consummate) i. e. to raise to the state befitting him: so of God exalting Jesus to the state of heavenly majesty, Hebrews 2:10; in the passive, Hebrews 5:9; Hebrews 7:28; to raise to the state of heavenly blessedness those who put their faith in the expiatory death of Christ, passive, Hebrews 11:40; Hebrews 12:23 ((Act. Petr. et Paul. § 88, Tdf. edition, p. 39; Act. Barnab. § 9, id., p. 68; cf. 'Teaching' etc. 16, 2 [ET]); with μαρτυρίῳ added, of the death of the apost. Paul, Eusebius, h. e. 2, 22, 2 (cf. Heinichen's note on 7, 15, 5)); to make one, meet for future entrance on this state and give him a sure hope of it even here on earth, Hebrews 10:1, 14; τινα κατά συνείδησιν, Hebrews 9:9; cf. Bleek, Brief an d. Hebrews 2:1, p. 297ff; C. R. Köstlin, Lehrbegriff des Evang. u. der Briefe Johannis (Berl. 1843), p. 421ff; Riehm, Lehrbegriff des Hebrew-Br., § 42, p. 340ff; Pfleiderer, Paulinismus, p. 344f. (English translation, ii, p. 72ff).
4. to accomplish, i. e. bring to a close or fulfilment by event: τήν γραφήν, the prophecies of Scripture, passive, John 19:28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 459 (428); Buttmann, § 151, 20).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Chronicles
8:16
Nehemiah
6:16
Luke
2:43; 13:32
John
4:34; 5:36; 17:4; 17:23; 19:28
Acts
20:24
2 Corinthians
12:9
Philippians
3:12
Hebrews
2:1; 2:10; 5:9; 7:19; 7:28; 9:9; 10:1; 10:14; 11:40; 12:23
James
2:22
1 John
2:5; 4:12; 4:17; 4:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5048 matches the Greek τελειόω (teleioō),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:43 - And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:32 - And 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 finish my course.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:34 - Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:36 - But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:4 - I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:23 - I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:28 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:24 - But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:12 - Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:10 - For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:9 - And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:28 - For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - (which is symbolic for the present age).[fn] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:1 - For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:14 - For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - and to the assembly[fn] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:22 - You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:5 - but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:12 - No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
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