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Lexicon :: Strong's G5046 - teleios

Aa
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 BoxMat 5:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:48 - “Therefore [fn]you are to be perfect G5046, as your heavenly Father is perfect G5046.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be [fn]complete G5046, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - And do not be conformed to this [fn]world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and [fn]perfect G5046.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6 -

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature G5046, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are being abolished.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10 - but when the [fn]perfect G5046 comes, the partial will be done away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20 -

Brothers, do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature G5046.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the [fn]full knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature G5046 man, to the measure of the stature [fn]which belongs to the fullness of Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:15 - Let us therefore, as many as are [fn]perfect G5046, think this way; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal that also to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28 - Him we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man [fn]with all wisdom, so that we may present every man [fn]complete G5046 in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of your number, a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand [fn]complete G5046 and fully assured in all the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for the [fn]mature G5046, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11 -

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things [fn]to come, He entered through the greater and more G5046 perfect G5046 tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - And let perseverance have its perfect G5046 work, so that you may be [fn]perfect G5046 and complete, lacking in nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17 - Every good thing given and every perfect G5046 gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or [fn]shifting shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But one who looks intently at the perfect G5046 law, the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in [fn]what he does.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2 - For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in [fn]what he says, he is a perfect G5046 man, able to bridle the entire body as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect G5046 love casts out fear, because fear [fn]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
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