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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 - Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:6 - But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:10 - But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20 - My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:15 - Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:28 - Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:11 - But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:17 - Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:25 - But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2 - For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
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